Sexism ‘kills 239,000 girls a year in India’

Study finds female children die at higher rates than males in 29 of India’s 35 states

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A young girl fishing at harvest festival celebrations near Guwahati, Asssam
(Image credit: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty)

Discrimination against female children is responsible for around 240,000 deaths in India every year, according to a new study published in the medical journal The Lancet.

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