Women Issues in India | Women problems in Indian Society | Social Issues | Satya Pratap Singh

Описание: #women #women_issues #womenempowerment #womenpower

Issues :

Missing Females: In India discrimination starts in the embryo with the misuse of ultrasound technology for sex-selective abortion.

Inadequate Political Representation: The share of women ministers has declined sharply from 23 to 9 per cent.

Poor Labour Participation: Indian women’s labour force participation has plummeted in the last decade to a mere 21 per cent.

Sexual Harassment at Workplaces: Before the pandemic, Indian boardrooms had only 15 per cent of women, even as the #MeToo movement exposed the iceberg of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Poor implementation of Policies: Workplace crèches, though legally mandatory in all offices with more than 50 employees and MNREGA worksites, are rare. Anganwadis, too, have yet to be expanded into crèches.

Child Marriages: Patriarchy is largely instilled at home. Preliminary population weighted averages from 17 states reveals that even before the pandemic, child marriages have marginally increased since the previous survey in 2015-16.

Higher Education: While education is now more inclusive, with three-fourths of women literate, only 37 per cent complete Class 10.

Financial Dependence: Less than a third of Indian women earn an income.

Domestic Violence: Compounded with the lack of economic independence, more than a quarter of married women also report spousal violence.

Rape: The National Crime Records Bureau enumerated nearly 88 rapes daily in 2019, with Dalit women in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh the most vulnerable.