STOP KILLING BABY GIRLS!

This article on BBC website just shows how far we are still lagging in reaching gender balance.There are many people who still believe that giving birth to a baby girl is a curse.

Kulwant has three daughters aged 24, 23 and 20 and a son who is 16.

In the years between the birth of her third daughter and her son, Kulwant became pregnant three times.

‘‘My mother-in-law said if I had a daughter, my husband would leave me. Thankfully, I had a son.”

Each time, she says, she was forced to abort the foetus by her family after ultrasound tests confirmed that they were girls.

"My mother-in-law taunted me for giving birth to girls. She said her son would divorce me if I didn't bear a son."

Kulwant still has vivid memories of the first abortion. "The baby was nearly five months old. She was beautiful. I miss her, and the others we killed," she says, breaking down, wiping away her tears.

Until her son was born, Kulwant's daily life consisted of beatings and abuse from her husband, mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Once, she says, they even attempted to set her on fire.

"They were angry. They didn't want girls in the family. They wanted boys so they could get fat dowries," she says...

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13264301

'WOMEN NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE IN SAUDI'

I was very surprised when I read through the BBC website that, though there is no law that outlaws women driving, women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. However, the current political development taking place in the Middle East has encouraged women to start demanding this basic rights that lacks objective and moral justification, if any.

Najla Hariri has become the first women to start driving openly in Saudi. According to BBC, ''Najla Hariri started driving around Jeddah last week. She is believed to be the only woman regularly driving in a Saudi city'' For more information, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13431562

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THE PAST VS MODERNITY

A FAIR RACE

This race was fair as both men and female suffered the same consequences. Indeed gender balance was experienced since everyone had narrow chances of safely arriving on the other side of the river.

TRANS CULTURE

THE FUTURE PARENTS

THERE IS A SAYING THAT 'GIVING BIRTH IS NOT DIFFICULTY, RAISING CHILDREN IS WHAT IS DIFFICULTY'. THIS NOBLE COURSE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN LEFT TO WOMEN IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD. ITS TIME THAT MEN STARTED PLAYING AN EQUAL ROLE AS WOMEN IN RAISING CHILREN IF WE ARE TO MAKE THE CHILDREN TO BECOME FUTURE RESPONSIBLE PARENTS.