Asia's Missing Women

See this article in the news24.com website from South Africa. It reports that there are estimated to be 96,000,000 missing women in Asia. In Asia there are 119 boys born for every 100 girls, whereas the world average is 107 vs. 100. The article adds that India and China are responsible for most of the shortfall.

The article attributes the difference to the following, cited from a report on gender equality prepared by the UN Development Programme (UNDP):

Sex-selective abortion, infanticide, and death from health and nutritional neglect in Asia have left 96 million missing women... and the numbers seem to be increasing in absolute terms.

Such differences must have social and geopolitical implications in the years ahead, One could speculate on increased levels of male homosexuality, military adventurism, and sexual emigration not unlike the economic emigration which is prevalent today.