New York City, N.Y., Oct 11, 2016 / 14:57 pm
Today is International Day of the Girl Child, declared by the United Nations as a day to raise awareness of programs and services that are needed to empower girls around the world, particularly in the areas of health, safety, education, and rights.
But millions of girls won't experience this day, because their right to be born was never acknowledged.
That's what Reggie Littlejohn, president of advocacy group Women's Rights Without Frontiers, said in her message about the International Day of the Girl Child.
An estimated 200 million girls in the countries of India and China, where male children are valued more than female children, have fallen victim to sex-selective abortions.