GLOSSARY
| NCRB |
National Crime Records Bureau |
Sati |
Burned alive on their husband’s funeral pyre |
NCW |
National Commission for Women |
Kanyadanam |
Kanya means Daughter Dana means Gift |
IPC |
Indian Penal Code |
CRC |
Convention on Rights of the Child |
Culpable homicide |
Man Slaughter |
Jogini |
A girl marry before puberty |
| Amniocentesis | a surgical procedure for obtaining a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac in the uterus of a pregnant woman |
| Female infanticide | deliberate killing of newborn female children or the termination of a female fetus through selective abortion |