Gender differentials in immunization exist in India. Girls are less likely than boys to be immunized at the national level, in urban and rural areas, and in several states.
Female population equals or slightly surpasses the number of males, except in India.
While economic growth, poverty reduction and improvements in the standard of living have gradually led to a rise in female life expectancy and more balanced sex ratios, the female deficit has not yet disappeared.
The major finding from the study is that the phenomenon of ‘missing daughters’ seems to be on the decline, at least in Bangladesh. But there is no room for complacency.
As the economic and political clout of new and emerging powers such as China, India, and Brazil grow, locally grounded institutions in the Global South are joining efforts to ensure human rights, promote justice, and combat impunity.
A national gender policy is a meta-plan for the integration of gender equality and equity concerns across and within sectors of any state machinery.