New Delhi: The blight of India's dwindling number of girls has worsened in urban India, according to a report by Save the Children, a global NGO with decades of experience.
According to the report, the child sex ratio in urban India is worse than in rural India; the number of girls born for every 1,000 boys - fell sharply in two decades from 935 in 1991 to 905 four years ago.
The NGO has aggregated data from multiple sources, analysing it with a special focus on the condition of underprivileged children in urban India.
More than 8 million children in urban India live in slums - that's more than the combined population of five north eastern states.
Among the poor, however, malnutrition is raging. One out of every three children in cities and big towns are underweight. Nearly 40% of children who live in cities and are under the age of 5 are stunted.
Despite being banned, selective abortion is a growing problem that results in a steady decline in the number of girls being born even as the economy has grown and other social indicators like maternal mortality have improved.
According to the report, the child sex ratio in urban India is worse than in rural India; the number of girls born for every 1,000 boys - fell sharply in two decades from 935 in 1991 to 905 four years ago.
The NGO has aggregated data from multiple sources, analysing it with a special focus on the condition of underprivileged children in urban India.
More than 8 million children in urban India live in slums - that's more than the combined population of five north eastern states.
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Among the poor, however, malnutrition is raging. One out of every three children in cities and big towns are underweight. Nearly 40% of children who live in cities and are under the age of 5 are stunted.
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Despite being banned, selective abortion is a growing problem that results in a steady decline in the number of girls being born even as the economy has grown and other social indicators like maternal mortality have improved.
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