From Reuters:
Women and children in China face a growing threat of being trafficked and sold into marriage or sex work, as labour migration and a widening gender imbalance put them at risk, an international aid group said on Wednesday.
About 119 boys are born in China for every 100 girls, an imbalance that has grown since Beijing introduced a one-child policy more than 25 years ago that has bolstered a traditional preference for boys, resulting in abortions of female foetuses and abandonment of baby girls….[Full Text]
– Photo: Young boy holds photo of his mother missing from her home in Xian, northern China’s Shaanxi province (from VOA News)
