Exercises · Q18
Q.How has women's health become a matter of great concern?
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Women constitute about half of India's total population, yet they suffer many disadvantages compared with men in education, economic participation and health care. Their health has become a matter of great concern for several reasons:
- Female foeticide. The child sex ratio deteriorated from 927 in 2001 to 914 in 2011, pointing to the growing incidence of female foeticide.
- Early marriage and childbirth. Close to 3,00,000 girls under the age of 15 are not only married but have already borne children at least once. …
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