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...troubling outcomes of population policies that are facing several countries. In several countries, the preference for a son over a daughter has created the ‘missing’ girls phenomenon. At least 100 million newborn infant girls have disappeared or have not been born. In some societies, especially when reproductive decisions are constrained, preferences for a male baby...

...trouble secret. There were times when she was calmer and clearer than others, and he took care to learn from her then how to shop and cook and keep the house clean, so that he could do it when she was confused and frightened. And he learned how to conceal himself too, how to remain unnoticed at school, how not to attract attention from the neighbours, even when his mother...