Open AccessAwareness and perceptions of anganwadi workers about female feticide and girl child discrimination in district Ludhiana, Punjab
Author(s) -
Anurag Chaudhary,
Priya Bansal,
Mahesh Satija,
Anubhuti Dhanuka,
Manvi Sagar,
Sarit Sharma,
Sangeeta Girdhar,
Vikram Kumar Gupta,
Pushapindra Kaushal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_148_19
Subject(s) - girl , medicine , perception , family medicine , pediatrics , demography , developmental psychology , psychology , neuroscience , sociology
It is a matter of grave concern that a girl child continues to be insecure and vulnerable in the state of Punjab. To ingrain gender equality in social system, it is very important to make community an important stakeholder to deal with the situation. This study focuses on the awareness and perceptions of anganwadi workers regarding girl child discrimination and female feticide.