Status of Women

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emancipation of women

INTRODUCTION

This is an extreme expression of the unequal social relations between men and women within the family and the economy. The state failed to transform existing social relations on the basis of dependence, oppression and exploitation. a socio economic system of sex / gender-based inequalities, women are at lower wages for their reports under the working population and the disadvantaged position of women inHealth and education. The Constitution of India declares gender equality as a guiding principle. As such, in principle, if a household egalitarian equal rights of individuals who want to create a family based. The subordination of women to men in family life across all classes and castes in India.

Women in Indian society

A study on the status of women in Indian history is a difficult task for several reasons. The idea of an improved status for IndiansWomen has gradually, through social and religious reforms and change processes. He had some ups and downs. Indeed, the real emancipation of women began with education, labor mobility, the diversification of their roles, changes in child marriage, widow remarriage, sati and the like. Woman is the companion of man endowed with the same mental abilities. It has the right to participate in the smallest details of human activity and has the same rights of freedomand freedom. Indian women have different dimensions. They gradually as regressive, roles and values between castes and religious groups all over India. Most of them are housewives. Urban women are in a better position and the country benefited from the opportunities available to develop a rate faster than that. In science and technology now play an important role. You have to overcome many obstacles.

GENDERBIAS in Indian society

In a patriarchal society like India, the oppression of women has always been justified as a natural thing. Indian social thinkers and activists is not a question of gender stratification very seriously. Indian Constitution and laws provide for equal dignity of men and women. In accordance with Article 14 of the Constitution of the State is not to deny any person equality before the law. But real women do not enjoy this equalitystatus of men. Especially at home, married women are likely to experience impotence because of the relative inequality of patriarchal attitudes, rigid sex role stereotypes and socio-economic development. In India the family is denied predominantly patriarchal and patrilineal egalitarian gender relations. There is a large gender bias in society, women are more forward on all fronts of life.

Techniques for achieving gender equality

AwarenessWomen

Awareness of women makes them aware of their social, economic, of their rights and obligations and how to break the chains of ignorance.

Building trust in women

Unless and until the trust and the company is set up for women, provide opportunity for the lower, perhaps men are not able to recognize their identity and their role in society.
Changing the social context

We can adopt the laws and regulations;But laws alone are not to stop the atrocities against women. This can only be stopped if we build in society, public opinion against these atrocities. There is a need to change social attitudes to women.

collective consciousness

collective consciousness of society should be increased among women about their roles and rights. These measures can be initiated by its ability to mass mobilization of women. The media can playan important role in the radical change in attitudes of people in society.

STATUS OF WOMEN

According to the 2001 census, the sex is 933 women per 1000 men. The negative relationship between the sexes and age groups, their decline as a cause of concern emerged in India. Preference for sons may, within the household of sex discrimination and limited access to medical care in explaining this trend. India has adopted a law to adopt the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for sexDetermination. The effort will strive to implement a plan to tackle the problems of violence against children through infanticide of girls, the choice of sex and drugs.

Five-year plans of development and women

The approach to the development of women in the five years of the first plan (1951-1956) was unclear. Women were projected as sufficient education, health and social services. The Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) in series1953 committed themselves to promote a series of social measures by voluntary organizations. Manila mandals have been promoted to the presentation of the essential services of education and health is the Community Programme CSWB and development through the first floor and the second five years. The third and fifth district plans on the same logic, without any support to the strategies of development prospects and empowerment of women. The sixth five year plan (1979-1984), can not be removedInequality and injustice in the social and economic life. The Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-90) emphasized the strategy of direct attack on the problems of poverty, unemployment and the provision of employment of women and youth.

The strategy of the eighth plan (1993-97) Education WAS "ensure that the benefits of the development of different areas-not pass him by women and special programs were implemented to complete the programs." Education and nutritionlegal literacy and the "evolution of social attitudes and perceptions about the role of women as essential to the empowerment mention. The dramatic development in this period was the adoption of 73 and 74 (constitutional) amendment, the 1992, the introduction of reserve one third of seats for women in municipal services. ninth plan (1997-2002) said the authorization as one of the objectives of the plan. The strategy of empowerment of womenIt was through women Self-Help Groups.

National Policy for Women Empowerment -2001

The policy document is prepared in sections seventeen. A number of measures have been taken to build a solid foundation for women to enhance and transform them into subjects in decision making. The policy objective is to bring the advancement of women, development and empowerment. The objectives of these policies are in full development of women, pleasureall human rights and fundamental freedoms, equal access to participation and decision making for health care, quality education, employment, the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, changing social attitudes the elimination of all forms of violence against women and to establish and strengthen partnership with civil society, particularly women's organizations.

CONCLUSION

While a number of laws enacted to ensure the safety of lawWomen's equality in practice, such measures could not redefine new roles that women expect will include realignment. Laws alone can not be based right environment for the elimination of inequalities between the sexes process, and unequal social relations of oppression and exploitation. We need a radical reform of the organization of the economy together with a radical change in family structure, including the reorganization of our attitude towards womenRelations. Women should be seen as producers and welfare of participants are not a customer.