Greater political power alone will not improvewomen's plight. - Write about the given topic.
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Greater Political Power Will Not Change the Plight of Indian Women
Will the woman's plight end after she becomes financially secure, has an independent identity, takes her own decisions?
Most of the civilized world thinks so.
26 % of women population in India earn and have an income. Are all these women safe, secure, satisfied?
Then, why does the fisherwoman's husband hit her every night under intoxication? Why do we still have cases of sexual harassment in the highly educated corporate sector? Why did the rich family get rid of the female fetus to give the progeny a male child? The day all these questions ceased to be raised India would be a truly liberated democracy. Jawaharlal Nehru once said, "You can tell the condition of a country by looking at the status of the women"
6% of parliament posts are currently occupied by women. The highest political power gained by any woman in India was by our late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Did the women's status change after she took decisions for our country? The pressure of politics and the chauvinistic attitude of her subordinates made her want to prove her in every decision she took. It is said that a woman takes twice the efforts in a job than a man, who gets twice as much appreciated for it. In fact it was the more secure Rajiv Gandhi who could bring women to an almost equal status in politics. The 73rd and 74th amendment which reserves 33% of the seats for women at grass root levels in zilla parishads, etc. was brought into effect by him. The Bill of 33% reservation in parliament is yet to be passed. It states that 181 seats in lok sabha should be reserved for the weaker gender