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A woman and her newborn daughter rest at the Gurgaon Hospital outside of
A girl and her brother. If a couple's first child is a girl, parents face great pressure to make sure their next child is a boy. As a result, selective abortion of girls is a major problem in India. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
A couple play with their son and daughter at the local hospital. Expectations are intense that a couple will have at least one boy. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Children at the Sadnha Institute Center, a makeshift after-school program run for the children of migrant workers. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
At the Sadnha Institute Center, about 100 kids are taught in five shifts. The school is run by Sadnha (sitting on bed) and her husband. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Members of the local council of mentoring women – from left to right, Rani, Geeta, Nirmala, and Vinod Kumar – stand in the room where they meet villagers and encourage them to keep girl children, rather than abort them. The state of Haryana – which has one of the worst birth ratios – has started to reward the village in each district that is defying the odds. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Women celebrate an upcoming wedding. The village's women are encouraged to have their children, regardless of gender.
A young woman is brought to her new husband's home after being married in a traditional ceremony. Many couples see girls as a burden since they have to pay dowry to marry them. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
A nurse takes care of a jaundiced baby boy at a hospital in Mullahera, outside of New Delhi. Defying national and state statistics, Mullahera showed a birth ratio of 1,188 girls to 1,000 boys in 2009. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
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In response to the death of a young woman after a violent sexual attack in India, protestors are taking to the streets. They have also submitted a petition asking for politicians facing charges of similar crimes to be removed from office.
Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition submitted after a gang-rape and murder that shocked the country.
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