Status of women and gender discrimination in India: A state wise analysisArpita Banerjee
India is a sovereign and civilized country. Yet women and children are still exploited in many parts of India. Women are forbidden to study, express their ideas or even fight for their rights in their society in some regions. Children are sent to work, forced to do labor and are bullied ...
GenderinequalityinIndiaSexism inIndiarefers to preferential treatment arising out of prejudice based on one gender or sex inIndia. Discrimination and violence againstwomenis prevalent‚ and sexual harassment at the workplace and lack of education continue to be identified as major problems. Some men...
Therefore, women as the unpaid domestic workers become an indispensable reference point in the above said discussion as per the concept of intersectionality, which is used to describe the way in which caste, class, religion, social stigmas, and patriarchal norms generate discrimination, inequalities,...
Sex DiscriminationCultureSocial MobilizationWomen's land rights have been on the policy agenda in India for at least the last 20 years. Yet not much has happened on the ground. Why have not women mobilised to claim rights to land? What have been the limits to collective action by women ...
They also faced obvious discrimination in employment and in workplace, said the report released by the Information Office of the State Council. The report underlined the high occurrence rate of sexual harassment and assault against women in the United States. ...
By focusing on marginalized Dalit women in modern Maharashtra, who have rarely been at the center of systematic historical enquiry, Paik breathes life into their ideas, expectations, potentials, fear, and frustrations. Working upon two major blind spots in the historiography of India and women's ...
research should, however, test the replicability of these findings using more diverse, community samples. It would also be important to consider both women’s and men’s attitudes and examine how men and women can become allies in confronting gender discrimination (e.g., Drury & Kaiser,2014)....
discrimination in the society and unequal treatment in terms of resource allocation,medical care,food distribution and education.It is surprising that rising income and education levels have not been successful in solving the problem of declining sex ratio.Sex based discrimination has been highest among...
Status of alien pest fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) on maize in Northern Karnataka Prevalence of major potato viruses and aphid population dynamics in Punjab, India Does discrimination drive gender differences in health expenditure on adults: Evidence from Cancer patients in rural ...