A Mutwa Muslim girl in Dhordo village, North of Bhuj, India, in February 2007. According to a study published in the Lancet Global Health journal, apart from the rising number of female feticides in India, more than 200,000 girls under the age of 5 die each year in the country owing to neglect due to gender discrimination.

First published in the August 02, 2019, 8:55 p.m. edition

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