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Our Vision
"Create an enabling environment in society for the young people
that allow them to grow as responsible, healthy, productive and independent individuals"
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the Girl Child
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Consumerist culture oriented economic development, commercialization of medical
profession and gender biases in our society, combined together have created a sad
scenario of ‘missing girls’. Global comparisons of sex ratios show that sex ratios
in Europe, North America, Caribbean, Central Asia, the poorest regions of sub Saharan
Africa are favorable to women as these countries neither kill, nor neglect girls.
The lowest sex ratio in the world is found in some parts of India.
The practice of Female Feticide has been a century-old one in rural India, so much
so that it has become more predominant in the rural parts of India. However, the
practice of feticide, in which an unborn baby is aborted or killed at birth simply
because it is not a boy, is increasingly spreading from India’s poor and rural classes
to affluent urban families. Selection of the sex of the foetus is a combination
of personal choices, family issues, social, ethical, medical and even legal reasons.
According to population survey reports, the sex ratio, which was 972 females per
1000 males in 1901, became 933 females to 1000 males in 2001. The disparity in the
ratio was more severe in Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Chandigarh.
The child sex ratio (CSR) in India has also been indicative of a negative trend
towards the girl child for decades now. The sharp decline in CSR from 945 in 1991
to 927 in 2001 as brought forth by the 2001 census hit the public eye. Sociologists
have speculated that such an imbalance would lead to greater incidence of rape,
sharing of women within and outside wedlock, abductions, and in general, in reducing
women's freedom and mobility. While there exists no quick and easy solution to the
problem, it is possible to reduce gender inequality, which lies at the core of feticide.
The first critical step is to challenge the patriarchal attitude that applauds boys
and undermine girls, and to create a culture that celebrates both the genders equally.
More so, the medical fraternity can do a lot of service by preventing the practice
of female feticide. CYDA undertakes campaigns and studies to better this situation
in India.
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Global-Giving
CYDA implements ‘Child friendly Schools – Sanitation and Counseling for 3,000 kids
in India’
South Asian Youth Camp
To promote youth to youth dialogue, Centre for Youth Development and Activities
is organizing a week long program Youth Camp on Peace, Diversity, Plurality and
Youth participation
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4th May 2010
Deadline for Youth Action Projects
Deadline for Youth Action Projects. Apply it now.
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