POLICY MAKING FOR DECLINING CHILD SEX RATIO IN LIEU OF SDG5 : EFFECTS, OUTCOMES , PUBLICITY AND SOCIAL WELFARE

Abstract

“We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.”^[1]

Owing to the widespread discrimination and violence perpetuated towards women and girls throughout history and the continuance of the same, gender inequality serves as a major challenge in every part of the world. Hence, gender equality has been recognised by United Nations as a fundamental human right which serves as the quintessential basis for a peaceful and sustainable world. Gender Equality is among the 17 other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by United Nations,^[2] for achieving a more prosperous, more equal, and more secure world by the year 2030. India in addition to being a party to this Agenda, has also been a signatory to UN Conventions, like Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),^[3] Beijing Platform for Action and Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC).^[4]

^[1] Ban Ki-moon, Violence against Women against cannot be tolerated, International Women’s Day, (March 5, 2009), https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/sgsm12127.doc.htm.

^[2]https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/envision2030.html.

^[3] Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1979.

^[4] Beijing Platform for Action and Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) 1995.