National movement to empower women

The Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has called for a national movement for women’s empowerment and to ensure that no girl child is left out of school.

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The report mentioned that there has not been any change in the sex ratio at birth in India from 2001-2017–the number of girl children born is much less than what is the general or natural norm.

It was brought out by the Indian Association of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (IAPPD).

It stressed the need for rigorous implementation of Pre-conception & Pre-natal Diagnostics Techniques law to bring about a balance in the sex ratio.