Gender disparity in India

By Ugnė Mikalajūnaitė

"I said there's no difference between girls and boys. But here they think differently. There's no happiness when a girl is born.„

- „India‘s unwanted girls" BBC [South Asia], May. 23, 2011

An alarming and long-standing issue

Official laws have been adopted

Legalisations clash with Hindu traditions ineffectiveness

Overview of the speech

1.Proof of gender disparityEducation

Work

Culture

Poilitcs

2. Adopted laws and their ineffectiveness

3. Possible solutions