6500 Indian women are murdered every year over disputed dowries

Women in india are being systematically killed off, usually before they are even born.

A large number of the baby girls are considered an economic burden, because of the high cost of weddings, while sons provide income, and are seen as a type of insurance by their parents. India is the heartland of sex-selectivE abortion as a result.

6,500 indian women are murdered every year over disputed dowries – the money that a woman brings to her new husband.

25% of indian girls die before they turn five – mostly starved or neglected.