Modern technology widening gender gap in some countries
APR 06, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025198
New York Times : In India, writes Andrew Revkin for the New York Times, cheap technology is widening the gender gap—but not the kind related to jobs and salaries. A combination of rising incomes, availability of ultrasound, and cultural norms that strongly favor boys over girls has resulted in a distorted ratio of female to male children in that country. In 1991 the ratio was 945:1000, in 2001 it was 927:1000, and this year it’s 914:1000. And India is not the only country where this is occurring—China and Vietnam are witnessing a similar trend. For more on the subject, read Diksha Sahni’s blog post for the Wall Street Journal .
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