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City's sex ratio below normal

According to WHO, normal gender ratio at birth is between 102-106 boys per 100 girls

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The national Capital earned the dubious distinction of falling short of the benchmark of normal sex ratio set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), reveals a report released ahead of the International Day for Girl Child on Tuesday.

According to the WHO, normal gender ratio at birth is between 102 -106 boys per 100 girls, which is equivalent to 943 - 980 girls for 1000 boys. "If we go through the sex ratio at birth over the last decade, as a comparative analysis of two consecutive National Family Health Surveys (NFHS-3, 2005-06, and NFHS-4, 2015-16), Delhi along with Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, fall far short of the benchmark," stated the report compiled by an NGO CRY (Child Rights and You).

While the overall findings of NFHS-3 record a sex ratio of 914, NFHS-4 registers 919 — an improvement of just 5 points across the country. "However, in Delhi, the sex ratio decreased drastically from 922 (2005-06) to 840 (2015-16)," the report stated.

The revelation questions several government initiatives such as 'Beti Padao, Beti'. "It clearly indicates a strong social preference for the boy child over girls. Even as the government schemes are in place, the basic mindset of the society towards girls has not changed much yet," said Komal Ganotra, Director, Policy & Advocacy, CRY.

In terms of drop-out rate, the report states "only 1 in 2 girls in the country complete school education". "In Delhi, the drop-out rate of girls at primary level is 0.5 per cent, at the secondary level (9-10) is 9.8 per cent and senior secondary level (11-12) is 13.15 per cent in the year 2015-16," the report added.

"Not only do more girls drop out as education progresses, around 13.2 per cent girls continue to be illiterate, compared to 10 per cent of boys (Census 2011)," it added.

The data also revealed that there are more than 18 lakh girls under 14 who are married, and more than one-third of them (4.2 lakh) have children. "More than 44 lakh girls under 14 are working, and more than 3 lakh of them are married and working," the report stated.

DATA REVEALS

  • The data revealed that there are more than 18 lakh girls under 14 who are married, and more than one-third of them (4.2 lakh) have children
     
  • More than 44 lakh girls under 14 are working, and more than 3 lakh of them are married and working

DROPOUT RATE AMONG GIRLS IN DELHI (2015-16)

0.55%  Primary Level 

9.8%  Secondary level (9th-10th)

13.15% Senior Secondary level (11-12)

 

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