tommarow my school organise a debate competition........ on the topic of...LOW STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIAN SOCIETY...... can u give me some point on its favour and.its again.......plz
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--The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.
--With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times, to the promotion of equal rightsby many reformers, their history has been eventful.
--Women in IndiaGender Inequality Index-2017[2]Value0.524 (2017)Rank127th out of 160 Maternal mortality (per 100,000)174Women in parliament14.5%Females over 25 with secondary education39% [M: 63.5%]Women in labour force27.2% [M: 78.8%]Global Gender Gap Index Value0.665 (2018)Rank108th out of 149
Women's rights under the Constitution of India mainly include equality, dignity, and freedom from discrimination; additionally, India has various statutes governing the rights of women.
--As of 2018, women have served at several top posts in the Indian government, including that of the President of India, the Prime Minister of India, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
--Women in India continue to face numerous problems such as sexual assault, gender inequality and dowry.
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☞ Women are not born, but made. What better than India to exemplify this statement by Simone de Beauvoir. With the whole world celebrating International Women’s Day with great pomp and show, it would be only apt to analyse the position and space Indian women occupy today, and comparing it to the time 60 years ago when the country had just gained independence. With women participating in nationalist movements, to being pushed into the domestic household space, to their resurgence as super-women today, women in our country have seen it all.
☞ There have been innumerable debates about gender in India over the years. Much of it includes women’s positing in society, their education, health, economic position, gender equality etc. What one can conclude from such discussions is that women have always held a certain paradoxical position in our developing country.
☞ While on one hand, India has seen an increased percentage of literacy among women, and women are now entering professional fields, the practices of female infanticide, poor health conditions and lack of education still persisting still continue. Even the patriarchal ideology of the home being a woman’s ‘real domain’ and marriage being her ultimate destiny hasn’t changed much. The matrimonial advertisements, demanding girls of the same caste, with fair skin and slim figure, or the much criticised fair and lovely ads, are indicators of the slow changing social mores. If one looks at the status of women then and now, one has to look at two sides of the coin; one side which is promising, and one side which is bleak.