THE MISERABLE

PLIGHT
OF
WOMEN IN INDIA
Presented by:
Shankar Singh

WOMEN: THE MOTHER

OF SOCIETY

Bear new life to this world.

Homemakers, earn livelihood, look

after children and other family
members, very often neglecting
herself.

Almost never get the decisive

The plight of women in India

o

India: Fourth most dangerous country for

women

Worst country for women among the G20

countries.

Every 26 minutes a woman is molestated

Contd

The plight of women in

India
o

Every 34 minutes a rape takes place

Every 42 minutes a sexual harassment
incident occurs

Every 43 minutes a woman is kidnapped

Every 93 minutes a woman is burnt to

death over dowry

WOMEN IN EARLIER INDIA

Women in Ancient India

Women were respected and given equal

importance to men in Vedic ages.

Considered to be half of the society

Khana, Gargi, Maitreyi --- the eminent
women of that age.

Contd

WOMEN IN EARLIER INDIA

Women in Medieval Age --- Deterioration
started

Deprived of social importance

Evil customs such as Sati, Jauhar, Purdah,

Dowry, Devdasis etc grabbed them.
Contd

WOMEN IN EARLIER INDIA

Women in Medieval Age --- Deterioration
started
Bhakti movements & Sikhism restored
womens status

Women during British Rule

WOMEN IN MODERN INDIA

o

Role of Constitution

Violation of laws & Lack of morality

o

The Mathura Rape Case

Contd

WOMEN IN MODERN INDIA

2001---Year of Women Empowrement

1st lady Prime minister of India---Indira
Gandhi

Womens Reservation bill 2010

Major areas of
discrimination
against women

Malnutrition
Poor Health
Lack of Education
Overwork
Unskilled
Mistreatment
Powerlessness

Cycle of Malnutrition
Girls are
breastfed 6 - 8
weeks less than
boys.
Girls marry
young and
begin families.

Girls consume
1000 calories a
day less than boys
Girls are kept out
of school to care
for their siblings

Lack of Education

Literacy of women

No return from girls

Safety of girls

RECENT CASES OF ABUSING

WOMEN
Girl abused in Guwahati

Ban on women in U.P.

Woman punished for extramarital

affair

RECENT CASES OF ABUSING

WOMEN

Women gang raped

Man drilled holes on wifes body

Nirbhaya case in Delhi

SOME STATISTICS

Literacy rate in India: 54.16%(2001)

Womens work participation rate:
25.7%(2001)
57.9% pregnant women and 56.2%
married women suffer from Anemia.
MMR(Maternal mortality rate): 200 per
100,000 live births(2006)
Gender inequality index: 0.610 (2012)
(132nd of 148 countries).
Females over 25 with secondary
education: 26.6% (2010)

SOME MORE STATISTICS

Global gender gap index: 0.6551 (2013)

(101st of 136 countries)
Women in Parliament: 10.9% (2012)
89.5% females serve in agricultural field
and allied industrial sectors.
30,942 cases of crime in West Bengal in
2012.
2046 rapes, 4168 kidnapping, 539 dowry
deaths, 19865 domestic cruelty cases.

STEPS THAT SHOULD BE

TAKEN
TO
SAVE WOMEN

Gender Sensitization and more Female Police

More Police accountability

Guidelines for support of rape victims

Contd

STEPS THAT SHOULD BE

TAKEN
TO
SAVE WOMEN
Strengthening rape
investigations
Fast-Track Courts
Witness protection program

You can tell the

condition of a
nation by looking
at the status of
its women.
-Jawaharlal Nehru

ARE WE
REALLY
CIVILISED????

THANK YOU