DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE WHERE WOMEN ARE DISCRIMINATED

Lesson Progress

0% Complete

Literacy rate among the women is 54% as compared to 76% among men.
Women are paid less than men, even when both do the same work e.g. in factories, films women are paid less as compare to men
On an average an Indian woman works one hour more than an average man every day.
The Equal Wages Act provides that equal wages should be paid to equal work.
However in almost all areas of work, from sports and cinema, to factories and fields, women are paid less than men, even when both do exactly the same work
Proportion of women among highly paid and valued job is small.
In India, parents prefer to have sons than girls.
They find many ways to have the girl child aborted, before birth.
This decline in the sex ratio.
The number of girls per thousand boys in our country is 933.
There are reports of various kinds of harassment, exploitation and violence both in rural and urban areas.
Women are not safe at home even due to harassment and domestic violence
Proportion of women has been very low in legislature.
In the government, cabinets are largely all-male even when a woman becomes the Chief Minister or the Prime minister.

perception of so called ideal woman