The gender discrimination starts from before the birth. The preference is given to son so that he can uphold the responsibility of family and this is reflection of patriarchal society. As most of the families, gave preference to mal child ultimately this discrimination against female children result in feticide and female child were killed in the womb of their mother. This practice of “Femicide” is one of the big crimes in human rights context.
The 1991 Indian census revealed that effect of gender discrimination-the sex ratio decreased from 934 women per 1000 men in 1981 to 929 in 1991. The one of the problem faced by girl children that “the practice of femicide”. Secondly, early child marriage is one of the problems. In which children were married below the age of 18. Data reported to United Nation for analyzing the minimum age of marriage.
In Kenya, minimum age is 9. In Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Tobago, have made minimum age is 12 years. In China and Korea has risen minimum age of marriage is 20 for girls. The majority of girls were married while they are still according to convention on Right of Child.
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The low participation female children in primary education are one discriminatory heritage. The education must be given to children at age of 14. So from time of birth discrimination was faced by girl’s child. No doubt UN has adopted UNICEF for the welfare of children and convention of rights of child.