Question

A debate speech on women empowerment for against

Answer 1

Good morning to one and all present here. Today I .... here to speak for the motion of the topic: Is Woman Empowerment really happening In India? The mother, the wife, the daughter, the sister, avtars of the female species of the human creed in our society, even today, in the ever - so advanced 21st century, face a myriad of problems.67 years of independence and democracy past us; we still remain in a very complicated doubt: is women empowerment really implemented in India?Amidst all the negative sentiment up in the air due to the media reports of the increasing no of rape cases, a disgraceful and emphatic NO seems to be an obvious answer.But friends I beg to disagree.Harassment, poverty, malnourishment and disease are women’s unrelenting curse. There is no denying the fact that India has seen rampant incidents of violence being reported against women. The cases being reported is in itself a great aid to women empowerment. To simply forget and ignore the efforts taken by the citizenry of the country to protect and empower the women is nothing but disrespectful undermining of the truth.India has traditionally been a patriarchal society. We worshipped Lakshmi, Saraswati and Durga but mercilessly let our wives with the same names suffer within the four walls of the kitchen. Draupati was placed as a bet by the great dharmaraj Yudhishtir. Our society was more bothered about the dowry she brought than the talent or beauty of the bride. And as if all this was not enough, once she was widowed, she was pushed on to the burning pyre of her husband.We have come a long way from there. Efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar have freed the women of our country from sati and polygamy. And today women empowerment is govt.’s main agenda. The Fundamental rights of equality, liberty and freedom are applicable for the women as well. India has assured full voting rights to all women which even now is not available in many countries. Dowry prohibition act 1961, Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act 2006 & anti-rape ordinance 2013 are all stepping stones towards women empowerment. The literacy rate of Indian women has shot up to a staggering 65% from just 2.4 at the time of independence. Such a rapid progress has enabled my sisters to work shoulder to shoulder with men in all fields of life, earn well, and add value to the society.Reservations are implemented for women in legislative bodies, parliament, administration and the police to bring them to the forefront.

Answer 2

First of all I would like to say good morning to all my teachers and friends. I would like to say thank to my class teacher to give me this opportunity to speech in front of you at this great occasion. I would like to speech on women empowerment in India. As we gathered here to celebrate this occasion, I chose this topic to again raise this issue of gender inequality in front of you. The government and other private institutions are supporting women in the leadership positions in public sector. Leadership of women in the public sector is the key of development in the nation. Representing women in public sector is only the matter of justice however it needs to bring forward all the perspectives to make of women empowerment effective. Women and men both have unique and different experiences so both are important to bring influence into the decision making process. Equalising the rights of women and men in the society improves work quality and thus economic status of the nation.

Women empowerment is the key to strengthen their participation in the decision-making which is the most important key to socio-economic development. According to the data of research, it has been noted that empowering women acts as a potential which accelerates the economic growth and continue development. We should think about and need to discuss that how our cultural, traditional and social rules affect women leadership so that we all may break that. There is a social, cultural and home pressure on the women which acts as main issue to the gender equality. There is lots of pressure over women by the parents, society and they forced to be main caregiver and care taker of all family members. Such pressure in the society and home lowers down the career ambitions of women than men.

According to the research, it has been found during the discussion to women at higher positions that they cannot share and discuss their role or work at home with family members or husbands. They feel uncomfortable to share their feelings with them about their senior leadership position. According to the survey of top 50 women leaders throughout the Asia, there are three main challenges to the rise of women in leadership in Asia “Constraints of Family Life”, “Organizational Policies and Practices that Favour Men over Women”, and “Cultural Barriers”.

Women leadership is restricted by the various social, cultural and political norms which need to be understood and addressed. First of all we need to address all the social inequalities hindering women’s advancement in order to change women situation in the society as well as nation. I would like to encourage my colleagues and friends gathered here to discuss this issue in their family and community to explore all the barriers restricting women advancement in order to enhance the women’s leadership in every area like men. Men too with women need to engage in all social and cultural norms to encourage combined participation as well as create equitable environment in home, office and community.

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