Gender disparity in India - Ugnė M.

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Gender disparity in India By Ugnė Mikalajūnaitė

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Gender disparity in India

By Ugnė Mikalajūnaitė

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"I said there's no difference between girls and boys. But here they think differently. There's no happiness when a girl is born.„

- „India‘s unwanted girls" BBC [South Asia], May. 23, 2011

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An alarming and long-standing issue

Official laws have been adopted

Legalisations clash with Hindu traditions ineffectiveness

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Overview of the speech

1.Proof of gender disparityEducation

Work

Culture

Poilitcs

2. Adopted laws and their ineffectiveness

3. Possible solutions