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girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the … time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for …
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Introduction -- Background on population sex ratio -- Conceptual framework -- Research methods -- Characteristics associated with male birth proportion -- The effect of prenatal sex selection on mortality -- The effect of prenatal sex selection on health care and morbidity -- Discussion and...
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Worldwide, 1.6 million girls are "missing" at birth every year. One policy tool to improve the sex ratio is a …
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The paper studies the impact of prenatal sex selection on the well-being of girls by analyzing changes in children …’s nutritional status and mortality during the years since the diffusion of prenatal sex determination technologies in India. We use … reduction in the incidence of malnutrition among girls. The negative association is stronger for girls born in rural households …
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, Entrepreneurship and Social Policy Institute, United Kingdom. “A powerful message of progress, parity, and prosperity for African Women … unique. We are proud to be part of this effort of empowering African Women.” Joy Omasirichi Oti, Digital Business Tutelage … for Women Empowerment in Africa Initiative, Nigeria This edited volume assesses the progress that sub-Saharan African …
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