Sex discrimination in a newborn child is still present in Pakistan. It is despite relative wealth, rapid globalization, female education and socioeconomic development. Although mother's education improves quality of childcare, but still it does not reduce discrimination against her children. The mental torture a female goes through in a life time for being female starts at the time of her birth and ends only with her life. These cultural bounded thinking has overshadowed a woman's own perception about a daughter. But some times to a family it does not make any difference that the child is a son or a daughter. Aims: The aim of the Research is to discuss how mothers of a female child feel about having a daughter if they wanted to have a son. Objectives: To explore what are the feelings of a mother upon having a daughter. To identify why they feel what they feel. To identify what are some of the reasons behind their thinking. To discuss how their experiences can be used in planning for interventions of future this can help in a better understanding of our mothers and daughters requirements. Methodology: The methodology of current research is based on qualitative anthropological research method. Period: Dec 2014 to Oct 2015. Settings: The sampling is taken from different socioeconomic strata. It is divided into low, middle and upper socioeconomic groups. Every stratum is with a different point of view regarding the same question. Results: "In Pakistan 42 percent of women accept violence as part of their fate; 33 percent feel too helpless to stand up to it; 19 percent protested and 4 percent took action against it. Discussion: It is also found that the middle socioeconomic group is the most crushed group of all in Pakistan. This is the strata who wanted to be modern like upper socioeconomic group but have lesser resources and opportunities. Females are educated equally like males in urban areas such as Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. However, in rural areas, the education rate is substantially lower. Recommendation: For woman there must be a right to life, security and protection from violence which can be mental, physical, psychological and verbal. Government should ensure effective, prompt and impartial investigations into alleged cases of crimes and other incidents, and ensure that particular attention is paid to the investigation of such crimes and incidents and that those responsible for such acts are effectively brought to justice and, where appropriate, punished in order to avoid impunity.
Sex discrimination in a newborn child is still present in Pakistan. It is despite relativewealth, rapid globalization, female education and socioeconomic development. Althoughmother’s education improves quality of childcare, but still it does not reduce discriminationagainst her children. The mental torture a female goes through in a life time for being femalestarts at the time of her birth and ends only with her life. These cultural bounded thinking hasovershadowed a woman’s own perception about a daughter. But some times to a family it doesnot make any difference that the child is a son or a daughter. Aims: The aim of the Researchis to discuss how mothers of a female child feel about having a daughter if they wanted tohave a son. Objectives: To explore what are the feelings of a mother upon having a daughter.To identify why they feel what they feel. To identify what are some of the reasons behindtheir thinking. To discuss how their experiences can be used in planning for interventions offuture this can help in a better understanding of our mothers and daughters requirements.Methodology: The methodology of current research is based on qualitative anthropologicalresearch method. Period: Dec 2014 to Oct 2015. Settings: The sampling is taken from differentsocioeconomic strata. It is divided into low, middle and upper socioeconomic groups. Everystratum is with a different point of view regarding the same question. Results: “In Pakistan 42percent of women accept violence as part of their fate; 33 percent feel too helpless to standup to it; 19 percent protested and 4 percent took action against it. Discussion: It is also foundthat the middle socioeconomic group is the most crushed group of all in Pakistan. This is thestrata who wanted to be modern like upper socioeconomic group but have lesser resourcesand opportunities. Females are educated equally like males in urban areas such as Lahore,Islamabad and Karachi. However, in rural areas, the education rate is substantially lower.Recommendation: For woman there must be a right to life, security and protection fromviolence which can be mental, physical, psychological and verbal. Government should ensureeffective, prompt and impartial investigations into alleged cases of crimes and other incidents,and ensure that particular attention is paid to the investigation of such crimes and incidents andthat those responsible for such acts are effectively brought to justice and, where appropriate,punished in order to avoid impunity.
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