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FALL SEMESTER 2021-22

INTRODUCTION TO INNOVATIVE PROJECTS - PHY1901

TITLE :-

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TEAM MEMBERS
NAME ROLL NO
ADRIJA MUKHOPADHYAY 19BDS0159
AVIRAL GOYAL 19BCE0883

DEVANSHI CHOUDHARY 19BCE2614

NISHETA GUPTA 19BCE2233

PARITALA GOURI 19BDS0162

RIYA ELIZA 19BDS0061

SHRAVAN.S 19BCE2548

VAISHNAVI RAMESH 19BDS0151

SUBMITTED TO :- Prof. MURALI. R

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Index:

1. Introduction
2. What is Gender Inequality?
3. 10 Examples of Gender Inequality in the World
4. 10 Causes of Gender Inequality
5. Solutions
6. Out of the box thinking solution
7. Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION

The human kind is divided into parts, one is the male part and the other is the female part
and this division have often leads to the rise of one half while the discrimination against the
other half. All over the world since long, men have been favoured and given extra rights in
contrast to women. This can be seen day to day in our society in each feasible domain
whether it be the economic sector, sports, science or any other field. Males are always taken
into consideration the one who earns whilst women are always visible as someone who looks
after the household and as result of these stereotypes frequently the girls have been either
stopped or demoralised from achieving what they can. All these issues and seeing this
situation gave us the term gender inequality. This term means discrimination against any
gender irrespective of who they are. The start of this term stood at the pathway of thinking
whether or not we're dwelling in democracy or in a patriarchal society. Inside the beyond
this become true however through our joint efforts the scenario is improving and both
genders are getting identical rights, however nevertheless the attainment of gender equality
is still a ways from us. That is why here we are discussing which things actually leads to
gender equality and what we feel are ways that can lead us to a society that benefits all
humans and not just any gender.

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What is Gender inequality?

It is the social phenomenon wherein ladies and men are not dealt with similarly. The remedy
can also rise up from differences regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms generic
within the society. Some of those distinctions are empirically grounded, even as others seem
like social constructs. Research display the unique lived stories of genders throughout many
domain names including schooling, life expectancy, character, pursuits, own family lifestyles,
careers, and political affiliation. Gender inequality is experienced differently across specific
cultures and it also impacts non-binary people.

10 Examples of Gender Inequality in the World

1. Lack of Mobility

Women are forbidden to drive in Saudi Arabia, in spite of numerous protests, and should
depend upon father or husband to get from place to place .In countries like Egypt and
Bahrain, husbands have the proper to stop their other halves from leaving the united
states at the same time as other countries require written permission from a husband to
travel.

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2. Freedom of Marriage
Consistent with the U.N., 40 percentage of young girls in South Asia and sub-Saharan
Africa are married by age 18. Child marriage now only increases the risk of
complications of giving delivery that often show fatal, but also contravenes the
fundamental human proper of choice of partnership. In Pakistan, girls are anticipated
to simply accept arranged marriages and refusal can cause “honor killings” that
commonly cross uncontested by means of the government.

3. Discriminatory Divorce Rights

In most of the middle East, countries are ruled by spiritual beliefs and gender inequality
is pervasive. As men are usually viewed as superior, they are able to divorce their wives
fantastically effortlessly or even via mere oral renunciation. Women’s, however, face
many extra challenges. In Lebanon, abused women do no longer even have the right to
file for divorce until an eyewitness is inclined to testify.

4. Citizenship
With the exception of Israel, Iran, Tunisia, and parts of Egypt, women in the Middle
East do not have the right to skip citizenship directly to their kids at the same time men
have the potential to not only bypass it to their youngsters, however also to their non-
countrywide wives.

5. Frontline combat

Whilst allowed to participate inside the military, women are still no longer permitted
to serve in frontline fight in Turkey and Slovakia.

6. Custody Rights

In a few international locations, the courts routinely grant custody rights to the
father, and women are left without any method of financial assist. for instance, in
Bahrain, family legal guidelines are not systematized, allowing judges to disclaim
mothers custody of their children.

7. Violence

Unequal felony rights make women increasingly at risk of violence. one of the
maximum apparent forms of violence towards women in the world these days is
that of spousal rape. India’s latest ruling that rape laws do not apply to married
couples clearly illustrates the sexual subjugation and violence to which women
continue to be exposed.

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8. Professional Obstacles

Even in advanced countries, ladies are at a downside when it comes to earnings.

the highest-paying fields are nonetheless ruled by men, and on average, women's
earn simply 77 percentage of what men earn for the same quantity of work.

9. Constrained Land Ownership

In some international locations, standard or spiritual regulation correctly prohibits the

possession of land by way of females, even supposing their charter claims identical rights.
In many countries like North Sudan, Tanzania, and Lesotho, land possession and control
has a tendency to visit the male head of the household. In Zambia, women and men are
allowed to gather a registered land title, however standard land tenure is also diagnosed
making it not likely for a lady to be allotted land without the approval of her husband.

10. Access to Education

Women make up extra than two-thirds of the arena’s illiterate adults, and get entry to to
schooling is especially a hassle in Afghanistan in which businesses that oppose female
education assault many faculties. Women rights are also compromised due to constrained
awareness of what they should be entitled to, that can best be remedied via extra access to
education.

10 Causes of Gender Inequality

1. Unequal access to education.
2. Loss of employment equity.

3. Job segregation

4. Loss of legal protection.

5. Lack of physical independence

6. Terrible hospital treatment

7. Loss of spiritual freedom

8. Lack of political illustration

9. Racism
10. Public opinion

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Solutions:-
1. Communicate with Women

An essential purpose for now not achieving gender equality in all spheres
is that the voices of ladies are frequently excluded from global and
national selection-making.

2. Stop child marriage

If we need women to have the ability to complete their schooling, we must first
give up toddler marriage.

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3.Give the girls a chance to learn.

Highly knowledgeable women generally tend to have better fitness, take part in
labor markets, earn more money and get married in old age. By getting an
education, women can broaden their talents and benefit from precious
knowledge that permits them to succeed in their careers and make selections in
order to improve their lives.

4.Empower mothers

When moms are knowledgeable and empowered to make decisions in their lives,
they enable their daughters to go to high school.

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5.Give women & LGBQT community to be in power and acquire financial success.

With the aid of having an identical presence in politics or leadership positions,

the pursuits and values of females and the LGBQT community might be higher
represented at the political level.

6.Encourage women and LGBQT community into non-traditional vocations

Supporting women's and LGBQT network in non-conventional jobs is crucial in

not only making long-lasting alternate of their lives but additionally help wreck
social taboos.

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7.End violence and sexual assault against women.

Get a few assists and guidance if you recognise a chum or acquaintance is

tormented by home violence or other abuse. This type of violence isn't limited
to bodily aggression. Verbal assaults (curses and threats) and mental abuse
(controlling, manipulative and intimidating conduct) additionally have an effect
on women. regularly, all this stuff arises collectively. if you experience domestic
violence, be conscious that you aren't alone. report it!

8.Share Household chores :-

Each person is responsible for family responsibilities and child care. Sharing your
household work and child care can lessen the weight for working women. Have a
look at your family whether there is an equal distribution of household work or
not.

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9.Scold chauvinist racist attitudes:

We should hold silent when we pay attention to remarks that belittle ladies,
black humans, indigenous humans, LGBTIQ human beings and other businesses.
also, we should not ignore public harassment or attacks we stumble upon.

10.Jobs sectors

We should properly supply job training and lift consciousness so that we are
capable of promoting fair behaviours. We also can make available centers like
childcare centers, family-friendly policies and childcare vouchers. We can
promote successful women in the agency, both internally and through the
usage of media channels, we also can ask senior women to act as mentors. Set
up rules for fair pay and work/life balance, and make certain managers fully
assist them.

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11. Assure girls and women have access to menstrual health facilities:

As girls revel in menstrual pains each month, it'd be ideal if the working women get paid leave for the
first day of their menstrual cycle. It might also be helpful to spread focus about menstruation to rural
regions as there are still women who don’t use sanitary pads. Certainly, one of the purpose why rural
places in India don’t use sanitary napkins is due to the fact that they're high priced. A regulation can
be imposed to make sanitary pads a bit cheaper or freed from cost. College/Schools can help as well,
it would be helpful if faculties had a first aid room, not only for therapy of small injuries but also for
women of younger age to relax for like half an hour for cramps. The first aid room can provide
sanitary napkins, warm water pack to help them with huge menstrual cramps and many others.

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Out of the box thinking solution:-

We should make the judicial system equal for all the males and females like
some laws that are regarding the protection of women should be kept, but we
should remove the laws that give girls privilege over boys like the reservation
system or that an office must have this many girls, these rule should be
abolished because if we are talking about gender equality then both boys and
girls should have equal chance at an opportunity instead of girls having more
chance. Not only for education and not only for girls, not for boys also it is true,
that boys should not be privileged over girls, like there are many instances
where a male has more salary than a female even though they are equally
talented, this needs to no longer manifest. So, instead of giving preference to
girls during hiring or preference to boys after hiring, we ought to have
regulations that ensure that each step of hiring and operating and income is
determined best by means of their quality and their capacity. only after this is
being completed i feel that true gender equality can be done with the achieve
by us.

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Conclusions:-

Many ladies could query- is schooling sufficient to combat the evil of gender
discrimination that is so deep rooted in India. The solution is no. schooling is a
start however if we really need to position and quit this evil then we need to
change ourselves, our mindset and dangerous ideals that we were dwelling
with. Advocating for training and identical possibilities for women and the
LGBQT community isn't sufficient. In fact, we want to be the channels and
mediums for brand new reforms and campaigns for empowering the women
and the LGBQT community

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