Question

Compare the status of women during the Vedic period and the present day

Answer 1

The status of Women in early Rig Vedic culture was high. In Later Vedic period, the position that the ladies people delighted in the early Vedic culture, was not held. 
In Vedic culture cooperation of spouses was required in numerous ceremonies. It was suspected that a dowager needed to play out a 'representative' self-immolution at the passing of her better half. That the custom was representative in the early period appears to be apparent from the re-marriage of dowager, for the most part to the spouse's sibling. Ladies could choose their significant other in a get together called `sayambhar'. In any case, much of the time the ladies needed to lead a miserable wedded life. This was basically on the grounds that their spouses were permitted to have more than one wives and this was particularly very regular among the privileged societies of the old Indian culture. Qualities of the status of upper-standing ladies in later hundreds of years were that early relational unions were upheld, regularly even pre-adolescence relational unions. A dowager was relied upon to live in somberness, yet in the event that of the Kshatriya standing ought to ideally immolate herself on the burial service fire of her better half particularly on the off chance that he had passed on a legend's demise. This would make her 'Sati'. The soonest verifiable proof for this training dates from A.D. 510, when it was remembered in an engraving at Fran. 
Manu allots to the Women of Vedic age, a place of reliance, if not of subordination. The Arthasastra confirms extensive limitations set on their developments. In the Deccan their developments were nearly free and their rights all the more plainly characterized. A few cases are known about imperial women in South India exceeding expectations themselves in music and expressive arts. 
In the Gupta period examples are not uncommon of ladies taking an interest in authoritative employment. Prabhabati, the little girl of Chandra Gupta II performed authoritative obligations in her kingdom. Occurrences of ladies of the high societies broadening their period of exercises past the residential circle are given by the ruler and rulers official in Kashmir, Rajasthan, Orissa and Andhra. Foundations were set up for co-training. In the work called Amarkosh written in the Gupta period names of the educators and teachers are there and they had a place with female sex. They were the creators of Vedic contents and 'mantras '. 
Few ladies with some measure of opportunity quit the ordinary house holding exercises expected of a lady and moved toward becoming nuns, or prepared to be concubines or joined troops of entertainers.

Answer 2

In the Early Vedic period, the women enjoyed a high status, almost similar to the men. But it altogether changed in the Later Vedic period. The women no longer enjoyed such status as in early Vedic period. She was not allowed a formal education except royal females. She was also no allowed to take part in local assemblies like Sabha and Samiti. She also didn't participate in reciting religious mantras. The birth of girl child began to be looked down.

As compared to the Vedic Age, the present day women enjoy a great respect, status and position. There is no discrimination between men and women. The present day women took part in all aspects of life--political, social, cultural and economical. They occupy the positions of head of states, ministers, officers, army commanders, pilots, spies, teachers, priestess, sports player etc.