FEMALE INFANTICIDE IN INDIA

Mixed media, bindis and collage. 11"x11" A large number of infants are killed at birth immediately after it is discovered that they are not male. The continued female infanticide and gender- specific abortions has caused the gender birth ratio of 880 females for every 1000 males. Nearly 60 percent of girls born in Salem District are killed within three days of birth, according to the local social welfare department.With infanticides and gender selectives abortion in India,a new term has sprung up to describe the global dilemma: GENDER HOLOCAUST.