1.10— The Invisible Girl Project, a Discussion with Dana Robb and Jill McElya about the film

Currents: the Big Ocean Women Podcast

63 million girls are missing from the Indian population.
In India there are estimated to be:
70 million sex selective abortions yearly
37 million more men than women
1 girl for 8 boys in some villages
There is even a village called Devra that has no women in it.
These are just a few of the realities based one on of the most tragic circumstances in the world-the belief that girls are liabilities.
What do we do? Listen to this interview with Jill McElya to learn more, gain hope in a better future, and become part of the solution.

BIO: Jill McElya is an attorney, whose experience includes extensive public
service, in both criminal and civil law practice. In January 2008, she moved to
India to serve as the Deputy Director for the Chennai field office of an
international human rights organization. In this capacity, she and her staff of
Indian lawyers worked to rescue victims of bonded labor (slavery) and hold
their perpetrators accountable through the public justice system.
While living in India for two years, Jill and her husband, Brad were
exposed to the practice of female gendercide (the systematic killing of females).
After studying the issue and forming relationships with Indians from
organizations that combat the problem, they founded Invisible Girl Project
(IGP) in 2011. IGP’s mission is to save girls’ lives to end female gendercide in
India. Jill now serves as President for IGP, a 501(c)(3), charitable organization,
headquartered in Raleigh, NC, where she now lives with her husband and their
own two little girls.