what are the ways in which women are subjected to discriminate in India
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In our country, women still lag much behind men despite some improvement since Independence.
Women are discriminated in following ways:
i]The literacy rate among women is only 54% compared with 76% among men. Similarly, very small proportion of girl can obtain higher studies, as parents in rural areas prefer to spend on boys not on girls.
ii]Pays to women are far low in comparison to men. A very few women have higher paid and valued jobs in India. On an average in India a woman works one hour more than a man yet is still paid less.
iii]The Equal Wages Act provides that equal wages should be paid to equal work. However in almost all areas of works, form sports to film industries women are paid less than man, fom amount of work.
iv]Prefrence to boy child in many parts country have led to decline in the sex ratio of our country. Being illegal parents finds a way to abort a girl child and prefer a boy child.
v]Domestic violence,harrasment and exploitation in various parts of country have led to a unsafe environment for women. But they are also not safe wihtin their homes from beating, harrasment, and other forms of domestic violence.
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