Asia

Ending Daughter Elimination in the Developing World

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

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The Slaughter of Girls Continues in India

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

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Vatican to Allow Beijing to Name Bishops

This article originally appeared on OnePeterFive The Vatican is set to sign an agreement with China by the end of the month, one that cedes control over the appointment of bishops to Beijing. In return, we are told, Beijing has agreed to recognize the pope as the

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