Who We Are
Vanishing Girls is a campaign initiated by ADF India to raise awareness against the practice of sex-selective abortions and to advocate for effective implementation of the Pre Conception Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994.
Our Mission
The Vanishing Girls campaign aims to eradicate sex-selection in our lifetime and save the lives of thousands of girls who are aborted everyday. We are advocating for the strict enforcement of the Prohibition of Sex-Selection Act.
We need to adopt a model of LIFE for all girls – Love, Inheritance, Freedom and Equality. The girls in our families and those yet unborn, need advocates who will love them, ensure that they have equal rights to family property as their brothers, their freedoms are protected and promoted and that they are treated with equal dignity and respect.
TEHMINA ARORA
DIRECTOR, ADF INDIA
SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION (FEMALE FOETICIDE) IS A VIOLATION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS.
IT INVOLVES THE
KILLING OF
THE FEMALE FOETUS
INSIDE THE MOTHER’S
WOMB THROUGH
SEX-SELECTION
SEX-SELECTIVE
ABORTION IS A
CRIME
The Need
India ranks fourth in the list of countries with the worst child sex ratio
Why are India's daughters unwanted??
INHERITANCE
Families fear that any property inherited by women risks falling into the control of her in-laws.
TRADITION
Many cultural rites and traditions in India are required to be performed by the son and hence sons are considered of greater value to the family.
PARAYA DHAN
Societal norms label daughters to be 'Paraya Dhan' which means girls are only guests at the parent's home and will eventually belong to the in-laws once married off.
INCOME
Sons are generally considered to be the "bread-winners" for the family. They are preferred for the economic stability they supposedly bring
DOWRY SYSTEM
The burden of dowry leads many parents to consider a girl-child as financial liability for the future.
