Vietnam faces gender inequality as consequence of gender-biased sex selection

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 18:04 GMT+7 tuoitrenews

Vietnam faces gender inequality as consequence of gender-biased sex selection
There are about 1.2 million to 1.5 million missing female births annually worldwide due to gender-biased sex selection, of which 40,800 are in Vietnam, according to the UNFPA’s the State of the World Population 2020 report. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Vietnam is on the verge of gender inequality as a result of gender-biased sex selection since many families in the country still favor boys over girls, resulting in more than 40,000 baby girls unborn every year.

Sex selection of fetuses on the basis of gender inequality has existed in Asia for decades, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The manifestation of gender-biased sex selection can be directly measured through the sex ratio at birth.

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