WORTHLESS WOMAN

Short Summary

Is having a girl really a bad thing? Why does society treat boys better than girls? Has anyone ever thought about the resulting impact on mothers when one gender is favoured over the other?

Our film aims to address the issue of female foeticide and what happens to a couples relationship when a lady finds out that she is pregnant with a girl. 

Synopsis

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Sukhraj (Laxman Singh-Swali) and Jas (Amrita Jazzmyn) have been happily married for 3 years and are now expecting their first child. Sukhraj is adamant that the baby will be a boy however after a 20 week scan they discover that they are expecting a girl. An enraged Sukhraj sees this as a threat to having his family heir and the repercussions are damaging to the relationship. 

Did You Know?

• The father determines the sex of a baby depending on whether he is carrying an X or Y chromosome.

• In some ethic communities in Britain, female foeticide is widely practised illegally and has proceeded to cause serious shortfalls in the proportion of girls.

• In the UK, for every 1000 males there are 952 females.

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FEMALE FOETICIDE IS A REAL AND CURRENT ISSUE