• Kaushiki Awasthi

India was a place where women were always got higher places since ancient times but during the span of time women’s condition had gone in diminution. Primarily, restriction had been imposed on mobility on women, later many restrictions had been imposed to them like Purda pratha, sati pratha and etc, restrictions had not stop here, rather it further started imposing restriction on one of the major fundamental right of the Indian Constitution i.e. ‘Right to life’ in the form of female infanticide which is the violation of human rights, earlier girl child was killed right after the birth, now through availability of advance technology sex selective abortion become common and mercilessly female foetuses been killed in a large number. Religion had played important role in shaping mind-set of people in our society there are so many religious and social norms which favours males and male comprises all the power which strengthen the patriarchal values, which further deteriorate and pushed women in the vulnerable situation. In India female infanticide and foeticide are extremely serious issues. These have been a problem for centuries, owing to the patriarchal nature of society. Female infanticide refers to the deliberate killing of baby girls. It is an ancient phenomenon that has probably accounted for millions of gender-elective deaths throughout history. Women face numerous challenges everywhere they go. Even though the law is a powerful tool for social change, it cannot solve this social problem on its own. This paper conducts a theoretical analysis of the magnitude of female foeticide and infanticide in the Lucknow district, Lucknow slum and the Sitapur District.

Female Foeticide, Female Infanticide, Son Preference, Patriarchy, Family Lineage.

"Social Processing Giving Rise to Son Preference -A Review ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.e541-e548, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212475.pdf

"Social Processing Giving Rise to Son Preference -A Review ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppe541-e548, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212475.pdf