In June, police arrested the mother and stepfather of the victim for taking her to private fertility centres to sell her oocytes.

Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

Demographic literature is replete with observations of an inverse relation between certain attributes of modernity and family size (Thompson 1929; Notestein 1945; Coale and Hoover 1958; Leiberman 1980, Srinivasan 1986).

Although female labour force participation is a growth driver, participation rates suggest a country’s potential for faster growth.