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Female Infanticide in China
The One Child Policy Today
- The government is relaxing the policy
- Couples may have 2 children if both parents are only children
- Should lead to 1 - 2 million more births each year
Female Infanticide : the intentional killing of baby girls due to the preference for male babies and from the low value associated with the birth of females
The One Child Policy
Consequences
Article 16
Article 3
Article 12
Female Infanticide
- Fine that is 10 times their yearly income
- Forced abortions
- Many women leave the country or hide their children
- Began in 1979 to control population growth
- Every Chinese couple may have only 1 child
- Ethnic minorities and couples living in rural areas may have 2
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Society's Reactions
- Couples rarely keep baby girls
- They are aborted, killed after birth, abandoned, or sold into child trafficking
- There are millions of "missing" girls in China today
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Short Term Impacts
Long Term Impacts
Conclusion
- Many people are unaware of the problem
- Women are seen as objects in chinese society
- Their only job is to have male children
- Men are unable to find a wife, which leads to an increase of female trafficking and kidnapping
- Population is aging faster than it is being replenished
- Domestic violence affects 1/3 of all households
- Suicide is the #1 cause of death for young women
- 118 boys for every 100 girls
- Kidnapping and slave trade of women has increased
- Limiting the number of children a couple can have is not the best way to deal with population growth
- International support is needed to fix the problem and ensure it never happens again