DHEEAN PUKARDIAN INC
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Mission Statement
At Dheean Pukardian, our twin missions are “to stop female feticide in India by spreading education about its root causes” and “to sponsor education for needy girls to provide them with a head-start in life”.
About This Cause
Established in 2011, Dheean Pukardian ( Daughter's Outcry ), was founded in an effort to combat the growing inequality between the sexes in India. This social contrast in India though officially outlawed, is continued because of the cultural cycle that has been continued generation after generation. This cycle is only compounded by the tradition of dowry, in which the family of the bride must give tribute to the family of the husband. A custom that is common not only in India but China and much of the Middle East as well. Poverty is rampant in India, and because of this, many families have found that it is more convenient to avoid having daughters than it is to pay dowry. According to UNICEF and the World Health Organization, over 11 million female fetuses are aborted each year in India and China alone. If these killings are allowed to continue at this rate, within the next 20 years, over 6 million marriageable men in Punjab alone will have serious difficulties in finding a wife. Currently, the ratio remains 852 girls to every 1000 boys.