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    Women Rights in India

    Background Information: Previous information was searched on


    thecommonwealth.org, which is a voluntary association of 54
    independent and equal countries. On the other hand, to get information
    about the women role, female-right.com was the main source, It’s a
    web page in charge of updating the current situation in women right
    worldwide.

    Politics and Constitution in India


    India is a federal republic with 29 states and six union territories. It
    has a parliamentary democracy which operates under the constitution
    of 1950. There is a bicameral federal parliament: the Rajya Sabha or
    council of states (upper house) and the Lok Sabha or house of the
    people (lower house).
    The Prime Minister is elected by the members of the Lok Sabha and
    appoints and heads the Council of Ministers. The President is elected
    for five years by an electoral college consisting of members of the
    federal parliament and state assemblies.

    Religion
    According to the most recent population census (2011) the population
    is made up of mainly Hindus (80.5 per cent), Muslims (13.4 per cent),
    Christians (2.3 per cent), Sikhs (1.9 per cent), and small amounts of
    Buddhists and Jains.

    Role of the women in India


    There is still the responsibility assigned to women of being primarily
    responsible for care in their home and the need to earn income to
    maintain their families.

    Education
    India’s poverty is one of the main reasons for low literacy among
    women. Only 13% of farm is owned by women across India, however,
    this figure is very low when it comes to Dalit women in India. About
    41% women in India make their living by manual labour.
    Woman in labour force

    Women’s participation in the force is quite low, and has been falling
    over the last few years. The female to male ratio is only 0.36. This is
    worsened by lack of choices that women have to engage in paid work
    related to work type and location, patriarchal gender norms, and the
    undue burdens of unpaid care work that women bear.

    Violence

    Given to India’s patriarchal nature, domestic violence remains as


    culturally accepted because of cultural and religious reasons. In a
    survey with young men and women in India, 57% of boys and 53%
    girls accept women beating by husbands is justified. In another recent
    survey between 2015-2016, it revealed, 80% of working women suffer
    domestic violence at the hands of their husbands.

    Woman in media

    The Global Media Monitoring Project 2015 has found that only 37 per
    cent of all stories, including in newspapers and television, were
    reported by women. This was the same figure a decade ago. Online,
    however, women’s representation was 42 per cent.

    Woman in Sports

    One of the agreed reasons is that Gender bias holds back promoting
    sporting talents in India especially in bigger stage. Be it any sports in
    India, political support and economic background plays crucial role in
    gaining a birth in any sport event.
    Women Rights in India Vocabulary

    No. WORD P of S* Equivalent Document (title)

    1 communalism noun comunalismo Translate.google.com


    2 Female headed Noun Hogar ‘
    households encabezado por
    mujeres
    3 Equality noun igualdad ‘
    4 status noun Posició nn ‘
    5 sexism noun sexismo ‘
    6 harassment noun acoso ‘
    7 suffrage noun voto ‘
    8 segregation Noun Separació n ‘
    9 empowerment noun empoderamiento ‘’
    10 movement noun movimiento ‘
    11 Voting right noun Derecho al voto ‘
    12 correctness noun Exactitud ‘
    13 femeninity noun feminidad ‘
    14 Sea change noun “gran cambio” ‘’
    15 Self-expression noun Autoexpresió n ‘
    16 activism noun activismo ‘
    17 forcefully adv Con fuerza ‘
    18 autonomous adj Autó nomo ‘
    19 quiescent adj Inactivo ‘
    20 backlash noun Reacció n social ‘
    negativa
    21 restricted adj Restringido ‘
    22 patriarchal adj Patriarcal ‘
    23 enhacement noun mejoras ‘
    24 vindication noun Vindicació n ‘
    25 Scorned/conptempt adj despreciado ‘

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