Children

In India, there are 63 million “missing” girls.

Social, cultural, and religious practices in India glorify sons and cast aside daughters. And because of this gender bias, women face extreme pressure to abort their unborn girls.  Women even face domestic violence from their husbands or husbands’ families for choosing to give birth to a girl.

Every day an estimated 7,000 babies are aborted in India just because they are girls.

Entire generations of women—wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers—are gone.

This widespread injustice threatens the lives of millions and has resulted in a severe sex ratio imbalance throughout the country. In India today, the number of males born far outpaces the number of females. Data published in 2018 by the Registrar General of India shows a ratio of 844 girls born per every 1000 boys in the capital Delhi.

Not only do sex-selective abortions threaten the lives of baby girls but the future of an entire country.

So, ADF International is doing something about it.

Together with our allies in India we have launched the Vanishing Girls campaign to eradicate sex-selective abortion in our lifetime and save the lives of thousands of girls by:

• Providing legal aid to women who are being forced to undergo sex-selective abortions
• Raising awareness about sex-selective abortions & the legal rights of women in India
• Fighting to protect, enforce, and strengthen laws that prohibit sex-selective abortions

But we need your help. Will you consider giving to save girls in India today?

Make your tax-deductible donation below.

Maira was fourteen years old when she was forcibly married, abused, raped, and made to convert to Islam. Thankfully, she was able to escape her abductor and is now in hiding with her family.

Maira escaped her captor, but many girls her age are not as fortunate.

Every year, more than 1,000 young girls in Pakistan, mostly Christians, are kidnapped and abused, and then forced to convert to Islam and marry. The laws of Pakistan strictly forbid these assaults. But the courts consistently fail to protect these girls and their families, often due to fear of violent mobs—likely because the girls it affects are religious minorities.

That’s where ADF International comes in.

An ADF International allied lawyer is now representing Maira in court, helping her nullify the marriage and gain the legal freedom she needs.

But there are so many other girls who need the same help. It costs only $5,000 to provide legal representation and court fees. Your gift today could be the difference between living in a forced, abusive marriage and legal freedom for one of these girls—your sisters in Christ.

Will you give today to help a girl like Maira get the legal representation she so desperately needs?

Make your tax-deductible donation below.