Kumar, Sneha; Sinha, Nistha - 2018
In parts of Asia, South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger significant levels of sex … selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls … under the age of five go "missing" because of the widespread use of sex selective practices in these regions. The pervasive …