GLOBAL GENDERCIDE
ADVOCACY & AWARENESS PROJECT (GGAAP)
Human Rights Education, Research & Advocacy Network
45 Countries practice some form of Gendercide worldwide
GENDERCIDE INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER
INDIA
Worldwide, the ratio of girls to boys is 1,000 for every 1,005. In India, there are only 914 girls for ever 1,000 boys, often far fewer.
Decades of sex discrimination tests and female foeticide that has acquired genocide proportions are finally catching up with states in India.
- UNICEF
“[In India] People say, you have two girl children, you have done some sins in your past life.”
- BBC News
“In some parts of India, one in every five girls is being [killed] at the fetal stage. It is a genocidal situation.”
- The Washington Post
According to the United Nations, 50 million girls in India are missing- having been aborted, killed or neglected to death simply because they are female.
INDIA'S WOMEN GROUP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS:
India's women advocates fighting against female infanticide need your support
INDIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION:
People's Watch concentrates its activities on monitoring human rights violations against females.
We are currently creating the Gendercide International Resource Center as a resource for compelling stories, background, case studies, research, articles and the latest statistics on gendercide and other related topics. The site will deliver informational materials on a comprehensive mix of topics associated with gendercide and connect you to other people and organizations working in the field.
"Gulabi Gang" Grassroots Empowerment:
Womens group "Pink Gang" fights for the rights of women and other marginalized people in rural India.
The Gulabi gang was founded in 2006 by Sampat Pal Devi, a mother of five and former govt health worker (as well as a former child bride), as a response to widespread domestic abuse and other violence against women. They fight to empower females, stop child marriages, protest the dowry, improve female illiteracy and fight human rights abuses.
Part #1: Gulabi Gang
Part #2: Gulabi Gang
