selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls … use of such practices is reflective of the striking inequities girls face today, and it also has negative implications for … that have girls. This paper takes stock of the direct measures used across countries grappling with skewed child sex ratios …

-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … wanted. The estimates show that for every three aborted girls, one additional girl survives to age five. Investigation of the …

fact that China, South Korea, and Northwest India manifest such extreme child sex ratios compared with other patrilineal … aimed to challenge traditional social hierarchies, including the age and gender hierarchies of the kinship system. Thirdly …