It's a Girl! Page #2

in the world today

due to gendercide.

Today, India and China

eliminate more girls

than the number of girls born

in America every year.

Genocide is the deliberate,

systematic destruction

of a racial, ethnic,

or religious group.

Gendercide is the deliberate,

systematic destruction

of a gender group

- Usually girls.

Can you tell me

what were the methods you

used to kill children?

By pouring acid to suffocate...

sometimes by strangulation.

So they crush the neck,

or they put the wet

cloth on the face.

Sometimes they

put some rice,

the child will die.

Sometimes they give poison,

some drops of poison in

the milk.

There are some special plants,

if they take the milk from

that plant, the child will die.

We just came down to Haryana

to one of our projects

to have a meeting with the

local community here.

This was arranged by our

Field Coordinator.

And in this meeting we

discussed various topics

of female feticide, of dowry,

of equality of girl

child and boy child.

What is it to us if it

is a boy or girl?

We have to end the

dowry system.

This is mostly a problem

with our men

that we have to solve.

Dowry system is one of the main

problems for female feticide.

It is because of this that girls

are considered a burden.

All the women said that

boys and girls are equal,

and we don't have anything

against girls and boys,

it's more our men who force

us to have a male child.

Although there was

a hidden tone

in which everybody said that

once you have a girl child,

please do not kill them,

and it's completely incorrect

to do infanticide.

But, on the other hand,

they were also talking about

not to have a girl child.

So in a hidden tone, they were

supporting female feticide,

and commenting about,

once you have a child,

then you should not kill them.

But your first child - and everybody

had the same answer -

has to be a boy.

Because you wish for a boy,

as he will make sure your

family lineage continues.

He'll make sure the property of

the family remains in the family,

and he'll make sure the

daughters, his sisters,

will be in safe hands.

Dressed up with flowers

on the head,

wearing all gold jewels,

you got me married.

But I stand here with

tears in my eyes.

One caste, one blood and one

relationship could not be,

so you gave me

away in marriage.

You did not see their

blood and relationship?

But I stand here with

tears in my eyes.

Being brought up

with so much love,

this girl in this awful crowd.

I am stuck and I am struggling.

Is there no way

out of this pain?

In India, as girls grow up

into women,

their plight does not improve.

More than 100,000 are

murdered each year

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