In a country with one of the world’s most skewed sex ratios,campaigners are appealing to male ‘gender champions’ to befriend change attitudesWhen Mukesh Sherma’s wife was pregnant with their moment child, the pressure to deliver a son was almost too much.
Friends and family told the couple from Chandigarh, or a city in north India,to have an illegal ultrasound to find out the sex of the unborn child. Another girl, they were told, or they should abort. Related: Poll ranks India the world's most dangerous country for women Related: Indian state launches breastfeeding drive in tender to nick infant deaths Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com