This article originally appeared in the Washington Examiner. It is reprinted with permission and does not fall under PRI’s Creative Commons 3.0 license. For most parents, daughters are a blessing. But in many parts of south and east Asia, where there exists a strong, culturally-rooted preference
Nearly 550,000 unborn girls are killed in India every year by sex-selective abortion, a newly released report from the Population Research Institute (PRI) has found. The findings highlight the shocking extent to which girls in India—and other parts of the world—continue to be selectively targeted
On June 19, 2013 the State Department released its annual report, “Trafficking in Persons Report.” China received an automatic downgrade to the lowest ranking, Tier 3. The State Department acknowledged the one-child policy as the “key source of demand” for sex-trafficking within the country, but
(WASHINGTON DC) — June 20, 2013. The US State Department yesterday released its yearly “Trafficking in Persons Report.” China received an automatic downgrade to the lowest ranking, Tier 3, for being a destination country for sex-trafficking. The State Department acknowledged the one-child policy as the
As the municipality of Huizhou, China, redoubles its efforts at population control, little girls, both born and unborn, are sure to die in large numbers. In Part I, we reported that the Centralized Services for Population and Family Planning of Huizhou was undertaking a new campaign to lower
In answer to a question from Congressman Tim Huelskamp, a Chinese official has admitted that China’s population control program has cost 400 million lives, a number greater than that of the population of the United States. Over the years, I have been asked many times
28 April 2009 — Vol. 11/No. 13 With far more men than women, China’s sex imbalance has already reached epic proportions. But a new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that the problem is only going to get worse. The study, published
This article originally appeared in the Washington Examiner. It is reprinted with permission and does not fall under PRI’s Creative Commons 3.0 license. For most parents,
Nearly 550,000 unborn girls are killed in India every year by sex-selective abortion, a newly released report from the Population Research Institute (PRI) has found.
On June 19, 2013 the State Department released its annual report, “Trafficking in Persons Report.” China received an automatic downgrade to the lowest ranking, Tier
(WASHINGTON DC) — June 20, 2013. The US State Department yesterday released its yearly “Trafficking in Persons Report.” China received an automatic downgrade to the
As the municipality of Huizhou, China, redoubles its efforts at population control, little girls, both born and unborn, are sure to die in large numbers.
In answer to a question from Congressman Tim Huelskamp, a Chinese official has admitted that China’s population control program has cost 400 million lives, a
28 April 2009 — Vol. 11/No. 13 With far more men than women, China’s sex imbalance has already reached epic proportions. But a new study