Anand Jon's sister lends support to save girl child campaign in India.Byline: ANI New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): Sanjana Jon, sister of convicted fashion designer Anand Jon, lent her support to 'Save the Girl Child' campaign in India. Sanjana, who is in India to participate in the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week is a fashion show held in Mumbai annually. In 2007 it was held between September 5 and September 9 2007 and featured some of the top fashion designer ranges in India including that of The Glass House range by Kavita Bhartiya. beginning October 24 in New Delhi, roped in young celebrities for a calendar photo shoot for the campaign. Standing on the lawns of the India Gate in early morning, Jon and other celebrities like tennis player Tania Sachdev, posed for photographs with the children. "We are all here actually supporting the girl child. Through fashion, we want to show that young icons of India are stepping forth to support the unborn girl child," said Sanjana. Despite laws banning tests to determine the sex of an unborn child, the killing of female foetuses continues in some regions of the country. Activists say female foeticide Foe´ti`cide n. 1. Same as Feticide. feticide, foeticide the killing of a fetus; especially illegal abortion. Also called aborticide. — feticidal, foeticidal, adj. See also: Abortion is rising because of the availability of technologies like ultrasonography ultrasonography /ul·tra·so·nog·ra·phy/ (-so-nog´rah-fe) the imaging of deep structures of the body by recording the echoes of pulses of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissues and reflected by tissue planes where there is a change in and amniocentesis amniocentesis (ăm'nēō'sĕntē`sĭs), diagnostic procedure in which a sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus is removed from the uterus by means of a fine needle inserted through the abdomen of the pregnant woman (see to determine the gender of foetuses at the request of the parents. If the foetus is found to be a girl, it is aborted. As a result, the government says around 10 million girls have been killed by their parents-either before or immediately after birth-over the past 20 years. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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