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TO BE BORN A GIRL
FRIDAY, 3 FEBUARY 2012
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INDIA WORST PLACE FOR A GIRL CHILD: UN REPORT
Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly
Gitartha Goswami / Mumbai Weekly
A girl sits next to a work site in Mumbai 2 Feburary 2012. According to a UN report India is one of the worst places for a girl child. Gitartha Goswami / Mumbai Weekly
Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly
India is now officially the most dangerous place to be a girl child. A report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) has revealed that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making India the country with the worst gender-based discrepancy in child mortality rates in the world. This ratio has progressively got worse since the 1970s in India, even as Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Egypt and Iraq improved. Data collected for 150 countries over 40 years shows that India and China are the only two countries in the world where female infant (0-1 years) mortality is higher than male infant mortality in the 2000s. In China, there are 76 male infant deaths for every 100 female infant deaths compared with 122 male infant deaths for every 100 female infant deaths in the developing world as a whole. The released data has found that
India has a better infant mortality sex ratio than China, with 97 male infant deaths for every 100 female, but this is still not in tune with the global trend, or with its neighbours Sri Lanka (125) or Pakistan (120). According to an Indian newspaper, the UN report is clear that high girl child mortality is explained by socio -cultural values. So strong is the biological advantage for girls in early childhood that higher mor-
Supreme court cancels telecom licenses
Arkadripta Chakraborty / Mumbai Weekly tality among girls should be seen as "a powerful warning that differential treatment or
access to resources is putting girls at a disadvantage", the report says.
Civil Elections in Mumbai
Cutout of Indian politicians and other election campaign material are displayed on a table as part of a political party's election campaign in Mumbai on 2 February 2012. .Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly A man speaks on a mobile phone in Mumbai 3 February 2012. In a ruling that concluded the 2G Spectrum case, the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licenses of companies alleged to have procured these licenses through wrong means. Gitartha Goswami / Mumbai Weekly. (More images and detailed report on page 6)
Mumbai goes to its civic polls on 16 February 2012. A lot of parties have aligned with each other to fight these elections caus-
ing a rush for constituency seats and party tickets. All eyes are on the ruling Shiv Sena government as they try to maintain their hold
on the civic polls. 2233 candidates will fight this elections for the 227 corporator wards. Campaigning for the elections has started
actively with most parties opting for a door to door adhering to a strict election code maintained in the country.