Happy Photography Day 2012! (India's 'missing girls')

The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC&PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion. It's important you know how to use this. Read more > www.actionaid.org/india/pndt/

You can watch a one minute film against "Gendercide" “here”.

Your voice matters. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and girls!

Up to 70 percent of women may be abused in their lifetime. Tell governments that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority. More than 5 million people already signed on to Say NO.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.

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www.un.org/womenwatch/
www.un.org/women/endviolence/
www.saynotoviolence.org/
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad

Taken in: India / Madhya Pradesh / Sehore (show map)

Taken on: May 16, 2012

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Camera: Pentax K10D, f/6.7, 1/30 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Pentax K10D
Aperture:	f/6.7
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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