natal homing

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Deep-rooted son preference fuels sex-selective abortions in India, leading to millions of fewer female births by 2030. Despite legal bans, illegal networks facilitate prenatal sex determination and terminations, driven by cultural pressures and financial anxieties. While some areas show slow improvement in sex ratios, demand for sons persists.

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AMAN West Bengal Network hosted an awareness program on Natal Family Violence and PWDVA 2005 implementation. The event featured art, street theatre, and poetry to highlight abuse within parental homes and advocate for stronger protections for women. It challenged the notion of natal homes as inherently safe spaces.

Raeesa was just 13 years old when her father wanted to marry her off. Her refusal infuriated him so much that he along with her brother shut her in her room and used her dupatta (headscarf) to tie her hands and then beat her up at their west Delhi home.

No one will forget the infamous incubator at Shardaben hospital that charred a three-year-old infant to death, with authorities grappling for a reasonable explanation for the tragedy.

About 29 percent rural women and their family members have failed to follow the safety norms of retaining both the child and mother during post delivery period, revealed health officials.

The district administration on Monday cancelled the licenses of 69 private nursing homes in the city for violating norms under the medical termination of pregnancy (MPT) Act.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to expedite the process of purchasing 119 ventilators and 27 neo-natal ventilators.

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A doctor, owner of a nursing home at Dabwali in Haryana, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly conducting sex determination tests at his clinic.

Nurses are trained in all respects related to baby and mothercare, right from umbilical cord care, breastfeeding, holding the baby in the right position, massaging the baby, managing the diet of the baby and detecting illnesses.

A health department team, led by civil surgeon Dr Dilip Kumar Singh, sealed two ultrasound machines being operated by a couple of private nursing homes in Ramgarh district after complaints of pre-natal diagnosis for sex determination were received.

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