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Mention different aspects of life in which women are discriminated or disadvantaged in India.
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Here are different aspects where women face discrimination or disadvantages in India:
1. Education: Disparities in access to education and higher dropout rates for girls compared to boys.
2. Employment: Gender pay gap, limited job opportunities, and underrepresentation in leadership roles.
3. Healthcare: Unequal access to healthcare, including maternal care and nutrition.
4. Violence: High rates of gender-based violence, including domestic abuse, dowry-related violence, and sexual harassment.
5. Legal Rights: Limited awareness and enforcement of women’s legal rights, such as property and inheritance rights.
6. Social and Cultural Norms: Practices like child marriage, female infanticide, and restrictions on women’s mobility perpetuated by societal norms.
7. Political Representation: Underrepresentation of women in politics and decision-making roles, limiting their participation in governance.
These disparities highlight the need for initiatives promoting gender equality and empowering women across all aspects of society.
Sexual difference is biological but gender difference s sociological. Woman on the basis of gender have always been discriminated in almost all the societies of the world including India. Different aspects of life in which woman are discriminated or disadvantaged in India are as given below:
(i) Education: (a) Women are deprived of an equal access to education. Thus, the literacy rate among women in only 54 per cent as compared to 76 per cent among men. (b) A smaller proportion of girl student go for higher education because parents prefer to spend money on their rather than spending equally on both sons and daughters.
(ii) Discrimination in remuneration or salary: The number of women on highly paid job is less than men Women are discrimination in job opportunities as well as in appointment among highly paid and valued jobs. Under Equal Wages should be paid for equal work. In practice almost ln every sphere, women are paid less than man even when both do exactly the same work.
(iii) Preference for sons: Even now in many parts of Indian, parents prefer to have sons. There are cases where girl child is aborted before she is born. Due to sex-ratio has declined from 927 in 2001 to 850 or 800 in some places.
(iv) Cases harassment, exploitation and violence: Women are exploited by their employers. They are sexually assaulted at homes. They are not safe during their journey at night. They are subjected to various forms of domestic violence.