tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947578.post3524544481157980021..comments2023-11-03T07:41:09.149-04:00Comments on China e-Lobby: News of the Day (March 5)D.J. McGuirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12301307129113882228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947578.post-66919112849148596822007-03-11T05:44:00.000-04:002007-03-11T05:44:00.000-04:00Last week (March 5, 2007) I presented at the UN th...Last week (March 5, 2007) I presented at the UN the subject of gendercide--singling out baby girls for death.<BR/><BR/>China and India are the only countries in the world that show highly skewed boy-girl imbalance beyond the 105:100 ratio in all developing and industrial nations.<BR/><BR/>Paradoxically, the scarcity of marriageble women--recorded in the 2000 China census as 41 million!--does not raise their value. Rather, it has increased sexual violence against women in the form of rape, kidnapping, trafficking, sexual slavery and forced marriages of both women and girls. <BR/><BR/>The first right of all human rights is the right to live. Sex-selection abortions are often performed late in gestation, followed by outright infanticide upon birth and abandonment of girls. <BR/><BR/>For more information bout missing girls, foreign adoptions, infanticide, orphanages and killing of children, please check my website at www.TaliaCarner.com <BR/><BR/>With the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, let's raise our collective indignation and turn the spotlight on this shameful practice.<BR/><BR/>Talia Carner<BR/>Author, CHINA DOLLTalia Carnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672761870510595713noreply@blogger.com