Speaking after inaugurating two day seminar on 'Female Foeticide

 

Speaking after inaugurating two day seminar on 'Female Foeticide: Role of Society and Technology' organized by the department of Social Work of Punjabi University in collaboration with the ICSSR (North Western) Regional Centre Chandigarh here today, Mrs. Harsimrat Badal said that it was sad day for proud people of Punjab that we are having the dubious distinction of lowest male-female ratio in the country. Every fifth household in Punjab commits female feoticide. "In our country every year 5 lakh girl children were restricted to take birth out which 1 Lakh cases were from Punjab", says Harsimrat. She said that it is matter of national shame for us that we are discussing on an issue like female foeticide in this era where women were competitive to men in every field. She said that if things continued this way boys won't get brides leading to major social crisis in the society.
Stressing upon the need of educating the girl child, making them self-dependent Mrs. Badal said that the Punjab Government should open girls schools nearer to every village, facilitating the education of girl child. She said that during the summer and winter vocation of the school, we should organize vocational training of girl child to increase her employability in the job market and also empowering here with skills to start self-employment ventures.