As Nepal successfully concluded the second Constituent Assembly elections on 19th November 2013, the Supreme Court in a historic judgement on 2 January 2014 held that general amnesty provided in the ‘Commission of Inquiry on Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Ordinance’ of March 2013 is unconstitutional. The Court further held that the merger of two […]
“Our mental illness is responsible for this poor sex ratio. We give a lot of importance to boys. Many women also do this. But for how long will we look at girls as ‘paraya dhan’? [some other’s property] For every 1,000 boys born, 1,000 girls should also be born. I want to ask you if […]
India is fighting a losing battle against sex selection because of son preference, dowry, neglect of girl child, higher mortality at younger age, female infanticide, female foeticide etc. According to the estimates of Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), during 1991 to 2011 a total of 250 million girls or 12.5 million girls per […]
