Sub-Regional Office Director/Representative
S/he leads and motivates the UNFPA team in the development of innovative, relevant approaches for engagement on issues related to population and development, sexual and reproductive health and gender.
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India’s 2011 census revealed a growing imbalance between the numbers of girls and boys aged 0–6 years, which we postulate is due to increased prenatal sex determination with subsequent selective abortion of female fetuses. We aimed to establish the trends in sex ratio by birth order from 1990 to 2005 with three nationally representative surveys and to quantify the totals of selective abortions of girls with census cohort data.
Publications
Daughter Elimination in Tamil Nadu, India: A Tale of Two Ratios
Publication date: 04 December 2008
Author: UNFPA
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Resources
UNFPA First Agency to Campaign against Sex Selection in China
Resource date: 2010
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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Resources
Sex Selection: Pervasiveness and Preparedness in Nepal : Executive Summary
Resource date: 2007
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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Resources
Son Preference and Daughter Neglect in India
Resource date: 2007
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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Ensuring daughter survival in Tamil Nadu, India
Resource date: 2003
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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SEX SELECTION: PERVASIVENESS AND PREPAREDNESS IN NEPAL
Resource date: 29 October 2007
Author: UNFPA
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Report of the global meeting on skewed sex ratios at birth
Resource date: 2011
Author: UNFPA
This report of the global meeting on Skewed Sex Ratios at Birth: Addressing the Issue and the Way Forward, held in October in Viet Nam, provides an overview of the meeting and delves into some key trends, determinants, consequences and responses on the issue. Challenges and recommendations are also included.