India's sex ratio has widened in 8 states: National Family Health Survey also reports high level gender-based violence
4 years ago

India's sex ratio has widened in 8 states: National Family Health Survey also reports high level gender-based violence

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NFHS is the government’s own data and if the figures are so high pre-pandemic, one shudders to think what it will be like post-pandemic, said Sohini Bhattacharya of Breakthrough India, a women’s rights organisation Gender gains made by India in the recent past are in danger of being reversed, data released by the latest National Family Health Survey for 2019-20 indicates. Women are falling off the labour map because of social attitudes towards them.” The COVID-19 pandemic might have made another important gender data point of the NFHS redundant: gender-based violence. Among the 22 states and union territories surveyed for phase one of NFHS 2019-20, Himachal Pradesh has recorded the worst sex ratio with just 835 females for every 1,000 males born in the last five years: a decline from 937 in the previous NFHS. Goa, which like Himachal Pradesh has done well on spousal violence at 8.3 percent, also records a significant decline in sex ratio with 838 females for every 1,000 males born in the last five years, a fall from 966.

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Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper
1 year ago

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper

Live Mint  

Crimes against women in India rose by 4% in 2022 from the previous year, a majority of the cases being cruelty by the husband or his relatives. Delhi is still rated as the country’s most unsafe city for women, with an average of three reported rape cases per day, accounting for 29% of crimes committed against women in 19 major …

Why Haryana government's efforts to improve sex ratio failed to bear fruit
1 year, 4 months ago

Why Haryana government's efforts to improve sex ratio failed to bear fruit

India Today  

The mid-year civil registration system data pertaining to the Sex Ratio at Birth in eight Haryana districts has come as a big blow to the state's flagship program to stop female infanticide. India Today's investigation has revealed how illegal sex determination tests were being conducted under the nose of the authorities, besides the smuggling of MTP kits in connivance with …

Why does child marriage continue to be an issue in India? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 10 months ago

Why does child marriage continue to be an issue in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Earlier this month, Assam began a massive crackdown against child marriages in the State - so far, over 4,000 cases have been registered and over 3,000 people have been arrested. Assam has high rates of child marriage - while the all-India figure as per the latest National Family Health Survey was 23.3%, in Assam, the figure was 31.8 percent. The …

Existing Gender Stereotypes Need to be Challenged to Ensure Equality - News18
1 year, 10 months ago

Existing Gender Stereotypes Need to be Challenged to Ensure Equality - News18

News 18  

Gender equality is imperative to ascertain inclusive socio-economic development and needs a change in the societal mindset. As per the 2011 census, the sex ratio in India stood at 940 females per 1000 males and the child sex ratio stood at 914. Therefore, the upcoming census will accurately represent the overall sex ratio and the Child Sex Ratio in our …

India’s Overall Sex Ratio Improves, But Gender Imbalance Still A Concern: Data
2 years, 1 month ago

India’s Overall Sex Ratio Improves, But Gender Imbalance Still A Concern: Data

News 18  

From just 957 females per 1,000 males in 1992-93, India’s overall sex ratio has improved to 1,020 in 2019-21, according to official figures. Sex ratio at birth for children born in the past five years, as per NFHS-5, was 929, an improvement from 919 in NFHS-4, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data shows. Child sex ratio is …

Jharkhand records country's highest percentage of child marriage among girls
2 years, 2 months ago

Jharkhand records country's highest percentage of child marriage among girls

India TV News  

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Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About Protection in India
2 years, 2 months ago

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About Protection in India

News 18  

India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Laws such as the POCSO Act exclusively deal with child sexual abuse, while the highly controversial and debated …

Top news of the day: India’s GDP grew 13.5% in first qurater of 2022; India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021, says NCRB data, and more
2 years, 3 months ago

Top news of the day: India’s GDP grew 13.5% in first qurater of 2022; India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021, says NCRB data, and more

The Hindu  

India’s GDP grows at 13.5% in April-June quarter India’s Gross Domestic Product grew 13.5% in the first quarter of 2022-23, with the Gross Value Added in the economy rising 12.7%, as per National Statistical Office estimates. India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data Among states, Rajasthan was on top of the list …

Women have more sex partners than men in most Indian states, finds NFHS survey
2 years, 4 months ago

Women have more sex partners than men in most Indian states, finds NFHS survey

Hindustan Times  

A survey conducted by National Family Health Survey during 2019-2021 found that women have more sex partners than men in many states and Union territories. In almost 11 states and UTs, women have more sex partners than men. Rajasthan had the highest number of women who had on an average 3.1 sex partners as against 1.8 for men. The survey …

Women have more sex partners than men in 11 states/UTs: Survey
2 years, 4 months ago

Women have more sex partners than men in 11 states/UTs: Survey

Hindustan Times  

Women on average have more sex partners than men in 11 states and UTs but the percentage of men who had sexual intercourse with someone who was neither their spouse or lived with stood at 4 per cent, much higher than that of women at 0.5 per cent, according to the NFHS data. Women have more sex partners than men …

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament
2 years, 5 months ago

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament

Firstpost  

Domestic violence, including violence during pregnancy down from NFHS-4 survey period. No increase in sexual violence against girls under 18 years was reported under Modi regime New Delhi: The government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that there has been a favourable decline in crimes against women in India since 2015. The WCD Minister said that as per the latest National …

Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey
2 years, 7 months ago

Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey

The Hindu  

The Total Fertility Rate, an average number of children per woman, has further declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level between National Family Health Survey 4 and 5. There are only five States in India which are above replacement level of fertility of 2.1 — Bihar, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand Manipur — as per the national report of …

India Saw Uptick in Deaths, Fewer Births Registered in First Year of Pandemic: CRS Data
2 years, 7 months ago

India Saw Uptick in Deaths, Fewer Births Registered in First Year of Pandemic: CRS Data

News 18  

India saw an uptick in the number of deaths registered in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, while the number of births registered in the Civil Registration System in that year declined 2.4 per cent as compared to 2019. The number of deaths increased by 6.2 per cent in 2020 from the year before that, according to data released …

India registers fewer births in pandemic year: CRS data
2 years, 7 months ago

India registers fewer births in pandemic year: CRS data

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The number of births registered in the Civil Registration System declined 2.4% on 2020, and the number of deaths increased 6.2%, according to data released by the Union ministry of home affairs on Tuesday. Given the trend in births and deaths registered in CRS over the years, the decline in birth rate can be explained by fewer births …

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades
2 years, 8 months ago

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades

Live Mint  

India’s rape-related crime rate rose 70.7% over the last two decades from 11.6 per 100,000 women and girls in 2001 to 19.8 in 2018, according to a report by Public Health Foundation of India. While the least number of cases were reported in Bihar with a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 Odisha was high up on the list with 49.4 …

Domestic violence and women’s health in India
2 years, 10 months ago

Domestic violence and women’s health in India

Hindustan Times  

Gender-based violence or violence against women and girls is regarded as a global pandemic that affects one in every three women across their lifetime. The 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women defines ‘gender-based violence’ as “an act that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, …

Save girl child fight of Haryana suffers eight points dip in sex ratio at birth
2 years, 11 months ago

Save girl child fight of Haryana suffers eight points dip in sex ratio at birth

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana government’s flagship programme to stop female foeticide has registered an eight-point dip in sex ration at birth in 2021, according to official data. 914 female births per 1,000 males were recorded in 2021 against 922 in 2020 It is for the first time that the SRB, a critical indicator of gender equality, has dropped by eight points after …

COVID welfare: Tamil Nadu had most beneficiary sex workers in 2020, says report
3 years ago

COVID welfare: Tamil Nadu had most beneficiary sex workers in 2020, says report

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu provided free dry ration to the highest number of registered sex workers as COVID-19 relief in 2020, while almost 80% of their counterparts in Gujarat were not willing to avail of freebies under a State Government scheme, a Supreme Court report said. According to the report collated by amicus curiae Pijush Kanti Roy, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh provided …

Data | In eight States, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, domestic violence rose in 2019-20
3 years ago

Data | In eight States, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, domestic violence rose in 2019-20

The Hindu  

Nearly 30% women in India who were married at some point in their life experienced spousal violence, according to the National Family Health Survey-5. While the overall share of women who experienced spousal violence has marginally reduced from NFHS-4, it has increased significantly in several major States including Karnataka and Maharashtra. Click to remove AMP mode Change from NFHS-4 The …

Sex ratio: Women-centric policies, programmes of Modi government show results
3 years ago

Sex ratio: Women-centric policies, programmes of Modi government show results

Firstpost  

The positive signals emanating from the latest NFHS-5 figures and the achievements that women have made in the recent times will go a long way in encouraging participation of women in national life The latest National Family and Health Survey-5, facts sheets of which were released recently, has indicated a positive growth in the sex ratio of India. This achievement …

T.N. posits higher figure for sex ratio at birth
3 years ago

T.N. posits higher figure for sex ratio at birth

The Hindu  

While acknowledging that the National Family Health Survey-5 has presented a realistic assessment of women and child health in Tamil Nadu this year, the State has offered real-time statistics to show that the sex ratio at birth is not as bad as recorded in the NFHS data. Using data from the Civil Registration System, health officials have shown that the …

National Family Health Survey says women outnumber men
3 years ago

National Family Health Survey says women outnumber men

The Hindu  

The fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey confirmed signs of a demographic shift in India. However, sex ratio at birth for children born in the last five years only improved from 919 per 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 929 per 1,000, underscoring that boys, on average, continued to have better odds of survival than girls. Editorial | Measuring …

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report
3 years, 2 months ago

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Child marriage kills more than 60 girls a day globally and six girls a day in South Asia, according to a new analysis released on the International Day of the Girl Child that claimed over an estimated 22,000 girls a year are dying from pregnancy and childbirth resulting from child marriage. Child marriage kills more than 60 girls …

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data
3 years, 2 months ago

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data

Firstpost  

Child marriage has increased 50 percent and online abuse has increased 400 percent in one year, CRY said. Further analysis suggests that crimes against children in India has increased steeply by 381 percent in the last decade New Delhi: A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases …

India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Has a Gender Bias
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Has a Gender Bias

News 18  

India as a country has one of the most skewed sex ratios in the world. Then, there are popular stereotypes that since men go out to work, their health must be protected and prioritised over that of women who are considered more domestic and thus, According to NFHS data, only 40 per cent of women are allowed to go out …

Has Kerala’s Development Story Reversed Under LDF CM Pinarayi?
3 years, 8 months ago

Has Kerala’s Development Story Reversed Under LDF CM Pinarayi?

The Quint  

Members of Mr Vijayan’s alliance partner, the Communist Party of India, labelled him “Modi in a mundu”, referring to his autocratic style of functioning and the unprecedented projection of his face alone in massive public relations exercises. According to the National Family Health Survey-V, the state’s sex ratio at birth has plummeted to 951 in 2019-20 from 1,047 in 2015-16. …

India Sex Ratio Gets Further Skewed When There is No Male Sibling: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

India Sex Ratio Gets Further Skewed When There is No Male Sibling: Report

News 18  

A study by India’s International Institute for Population Sciences and the University of California San Diego’s Centre on Gender Equity and Health has concluded that the country’s sex ratio at birth gets further skewed when second, third, or higher children are taken into consideration. According to a report by Times of India, that quoted the study, over 5.53 lakh births …

Rise in teenage pregnancy, higher anaemia rate in women: NFHS-5 phase data
4 years ago

Rise in teenage pregnancy, higher anaemia rate in women: NFHS-5 phase data

The Hindu  

The 5th National Family Health Survey data for 17 States and 5 Union Territories released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has indicated a stark disparity in access to the Internet by men, in contrast to women in a number of States. While the detailed report with data for all the States is awaited, the data from the …

How Official Data Miss Details On Half Of India’s Citizens
4 years ago

How Official Data Miss Details On Half Of India’s Citizens

The Quint  

The MOSPI committee expressed the need for a nationwide household level survey to have reliable estimates of the crimes in India. In addition to the survey, data should be collated from various statutory bodies like the National Commission for Women and be made available at regular intervals, said the report. Besides the NCRB, the NFHS releases data on violence against …

Haryana’s efforts at saving girl child firmly on track
4 years, 1 month ago

Haryana’s efforts at saving girl child firmly on track

Hindustan Times  

Haryana’s flagship “save the girl child” programme appears to be firmly on track despite a temporary setback when the sex ratio at birth dipped to 914 in July, raising worry that touts offering gender detection services had become active again. As per the latest data of the ‘Beti Bachao, Beto Padhao’ programme, which chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar himself monitors, …

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY
4 years, 2 months ago

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY

News 18  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. “With a huge burden of under-age marriage – 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report
4 years, 2 months ago

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. "With a huge burden of under-age marriage - 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

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