Stories of Change

Female Foeticide

Daughters Are Precious

Cracking down on sex selection
Maharashtra’s health minister talks about measures taken to improve the state’s sex ratio
Seeding change
Rajasthan Sarpanch Rafiq Pathan plants a sapling each time a girl is born in his village
Proud of our girls
A village in Maharashtra values its girls as much as its boys
A long road ahead
Journalists Meena and Shripal feel that awareness about sex selection has risen, but there is still much left to do
One man against the system
Dr. K.K. Dikshit has been fighting female foeticide in Gwalior, despite public apathy
Fast tracking justice
The Rajasthan government set up fast track courts to deal with female foeticide cases, but many problems remain
Guardian of Girls
With funds donated by the viewers of Satyamev Jayate, Snehalaya in Maharashtra has built a new centre for distressed women abandoned girls