UN accepts suggestions by Harshinder Kaur for curbing foeticide

PATALA: United Nations Humans Rights council has accepted measures suggested by of Dr Harshinder Kaur on curbing foeticide at international level. Kaur had presented her recommendations during the 17th session of UN held at Geneva from June 6 to 14, this year. A deputy medical superintendent at Rajidera Hospital in Patiala, Kaur had made four recommendations during the presentation on her paper on female foeticide.

The recommendations include sensitizing younger generation around the world with literature fromUNICEF to fight against the menace of female foeticide, widespread knowledge about X&Y chromosomes in regional languages of various countries, exemplary punishment for heinous crimes such as rape of minor must be strongly pushed for by international human rights council and UNICEF must put in all their economic and political efforts to support various governments showing improvement in gender ratio.

"The number of girls is going down not only in our country, but many developed countries are also facing the problem of female foeticide. Our Indians too, settled in developed countries don't want girls," said Dr Kaur while showing her papers presented in Geneva during special session.


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