Understanding India´s skewed sex ratio problem using cognitive maps

Recent studies have confirmed that the problem of female deficit in India is the result of sex selective abortion, negligence of girls, infanticides and foeticide, preference of son for the preservation for clan, gender bias and emergence of new technologies in medical field. This paper addresses this critical problem of gender inequality in India using fuzzy cognitive maps. Fuzzy cognitive maps model the world as a collection of classes and causal relation between classes. Authors have attempted to explore the relationships and the relative impacts among the causes; that fuels this crucial problem.