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More than 20 major cities have reduced their police budgets in some form, an unprecedented trend, though the scale and circumstances vary dramatically. The activists who have long campaigned to take money from US police are now fighting to ensure that the initial cuts are only the start – and that a growing backlash from law enforcement, elected officials and some community groups
does not derail their progress.
A ‘paradigm shift’: $870m cut from police
For years, local advocacy groups have packed city hall meetings, demanding “jobs not jails”, “care not cops” and “books not bars” – urging officials to stop expanding budgets for police and jails. They have argued that cities should instead prioritize the programs that have been defunded over the years that would address root causes of crime and poverty, like education, healthcare and homeless services.
Even as the ban improved the sex ratio, females born – in 34 states and Union Territories that enacted the ban – were 2.3 percentage points, 3.5 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points less likely to complete Class 10, Class 12 and enter university, relative to males, the authors wrote.
“We often end up swapping one kind of discrimination for another,” Sharma told
IndiaSpend. “Pre-natal discrimination here is swapped for post-natal discrimination because son preference is so deeply ingrained in our population.”
The ban on sex-selection abortions has no effect on higher-income households, Sharma said. “These households are able to circumvent the ban and continue to sex select, and when they do have daughters, they do not discriminate against them.”
International Women’s Day is almost here and with it comes a feel-good reason to get yourself some new clothes and accessories. In honour of IWD, brands from Roots Canada and Aritzia to Canadian designers like Hilary MacMillan are giving back with International Women’s Day products that give back to causes supporting women and girls. Get yourself (or your BFF!) a new vegan leather jacket, emblazoned with “GRL PWR” on the back, or a pendant necklace that lets you keep your favourite cause close to your heart
literally. Treat yourself to a luxurious L’Occitane hand cream, or a cozy sweatsuit appropriate for work-from-home vibes.
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