BETI BACHAO
IMPROVING CHILD SEX RATIO
BBBP WORKSHOP PANIPAT
20-21 JAN, 2015
A.R NANDA
BETI BACHAO
•SEX RATIO AT BIRTH
•CHILD SEX RATIO
•SEX SELECTION/ DETERMINATION (PRE-BIRTH)
•SEX- SELECTIVE ABORTION
•PREVALENCE AND SPREAD
BETI BACHAO
•EXPERIENCE & PROMISING INITIATIVES (SINCE
THE 1980’S)
•LAWS/ POLICIES/ STRATEGIES (GOVT)
•CIVIL SOCIETIES/ COMMUNITY
•GAPS/ DEFICIENCIES/ CHALLENGES
BETI BACHAO
•SUGGESTED POLICY/ PROGRAM STRATEGIES
(CENTRAL AND STATE GOVTS)
•WEED OUT POLICY INCONGRUENCE
•RIGHTS – BASED & GENDER SENSITIVE POLICY/
STRATEGIES
•AMENDMENT OF LAWS
•SERIOUS BUSINESS (POLITICAL/ BUREACRATIC
COMMITMENT & PASSION
BETI BACHAO
•USE DECOYS/ SURPRISE RAIDS/ TECHNOLOGY
•RATIONAL USE OF ULTRASOUND
•REWARDS/ RECOGNITION/ PENALTIES- FOR/
AGAINST EXEMPLARY DETECTION,
PROSECUTION, VIS-A-VIS NEGLIGENCE,
INACTION, COMPLICITY
•SPECIAL DRIVES/ CAMPAIGNS/ TRIALS
BETI BACHAO
•TARGETED TIME- BOUND STRATEGIES/ ACTION
PLANS (Quarterly)
•EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS OF PLANNING,
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
•COMMUNITY- BASED ACCOUNTABILITY
FRAMEWORK (at each ward/ mohalla/ village)
•TARGET EACH CLINICAL/ DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY
•EMPLOY INNOVATIVE INTRUSIVE AUDITS
BETI BACHAO
•PARTICIPATION OF PRO-ACTIVE VIGILANTE
COMMUNITY GROUPS
•SUPERVISORY BOARDS STRENGTHENED
•IMAGINATIVE SCHEMES OF INCENTIVES FOR
BIRTHS OF GIRL CHILD
•SAFETY OF GIRL CHILD ENSURED/ ZERO
TOLERANCE
•GENDER SENSITIZATION
• INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY/ COMMUNICATION
STRATEGIES
BETI BACHAO
•EACH M.P/ MLA/ PRI-ULB MEMBER IN HIGHFOCUSED ‘BETI BACHAO’ STATES/ DISTRICTS TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
•STOP THE DEMOGRAPHIC DISASTER AT ANY
COST
•SOONER, THE BETTER
THANK YOU