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Write an article on the topic "Discriminatory treatment given to females right from their birth in the
Indian society. "Write the meaning of 10 difficult words used in the article, make sentences as well. Submit
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It is a reality that gender disparity still exists in India. It is seen within the households, at workplaces and in the society at large. Gender-wise literacy rates in India showcase the wide gap that exists between men and women. As per 2011 data, effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) were 82.14% for men and 65.46% for women. Women generally have less economic independence and lesser say in family and societal matters. Even when it comes to property, women generally don’t own it under their names and have weak inheritance rights.
Gender discrimination begins even before a child is born
The horrifying practice of female foeticide – identifying the sex of the foetus and termining it in case it’s female – still exists in India. While we have come a long way and this ill-practice is losing ground, there are still numerous families which consider the girl child as a “burden” and have no qualms in preventing their birth. This stems from the mindset that the male child will go on to become a source of income from the family and will carry on the family lineage while the girl child will have to be ultimately married off to another family.