Woman rights in India
Woman’s Rights and Gender Equality in India and Pakistan.
Woman in India have many rights granted to them in their constitution, rights woman in the western society spent many years fighting for. Woman under the constitution in India have rights granted to them the ensure equality from men and actually gives them some rights over men. Having these rights and knowing about these rights and how to use them is certainly two different things. While Pakistan has improved a lot they are lacking in woman’s rights compared to India.
While India’s constitution protects the rights of woman, many women don’t know of these rights or how to go about obtaining these rights. With the literacy rate for woman India being about 65% this leaves a fairly large significant group of woman unable to protect themselves. However the literacy rate in India has improved a lot since the British Empire where only 11% of all Indians were literate. As the literacy rate becomes more equal over genders, gender equality will also become less of an issue. Women must know their rights and how to protect themselves using the rights that have been given.
Many woman now hold high places in the government of India, with support from the government and its high ranking officials. However traditional Indian culture makes access to typical jobs outside the home and its informal jobs hard to obtain. It is said that about 90% of woman who currently work, do so in informal jobs. However these number are improving greatly as woman gain more power and are able to find traditional jobs earning more money to help their families, benefits, and most importantly jobs that earn women respect.
The caste systems can tell an Indian a lot about what they can and cannot do. First thing that I find interesting is that one cannot marry another of a different caste system. Making these systems something you must be born into. The caste system can tell one what job to acquire, how many representatives from each
Woman in India have many rights granted to them in their constitution, rights woman in the western society spent many years fighting for. Woman under the constitution in India have rights granted to them the ensure equality from men and actually gives them some rights over men. Having these rights and knowing about these rights and how to use them is certainly two different things. While Pakistan has improved a lot they are lacking in woman’s rights compared to India.
While India’s constitution protects the rights of woman, many women don’t know of these rights or how to go about obtaining these rights. With the literacy rate for woman India being about 65% this leaves a fairly large significant group of woman unable to protect themselves. However the literacy rate in India has improved a lot since the British Empire where only 11% of all Indians were literate. As the literacy rate becomes more equal over genders, gender equality will also become less of an issue. Women must know their rights and how to protect themselves using the rights that have been given.
Many woman now hold high places in the government of India, with support from the government and its high ranking officials. However traditional Indian culture makes access to typical jobs outside the home and its informal jobs hard to obtain. It is said that about 90% of woman who currently work, do so in informal jobs. However these number are improving greatly as woman gain more power and are able to find traditional jobs earning more money to help their families, benefits, and most importantly jobs that earn women respect.
The caste systems can tell an Indian a lot about what they can and cannot do. First thing that I find interesting is that one cannot marry another of a different caste system. Making these systems something you must be born into. The caste system can tell one what job to acquire, how many representatives from each