Explain how India's contemporary gender rights discourse maintains continuity with 19th-century social reform efforts while also expanding to address new challenges.
Introduction
Ever since colonial British times, women of India have been fighting for legal political rights like right to vote. Despite Indian constitution sporting article 14 (right to equality), the political representation of women is margine (↔ 11.4) in new India
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CONTEMPORARY GENDER RIGHTS: CONTINUITY WITH 19TH CENTURY SOCIAL REFORMS
(i) Rights to education for women
(ii) Right against patriarchal norms
(iii) To achieve (Reproductive autonomy)
(iv) Right to dignity and Respect towards women
(v) Health and (maternal mortality)
(vi) Unequal access to TOP opportunities
(vii) Glass ceiling and Sticky Floor as imbalance
EXPANSION TO ADDRESS NEW CHALLENGES:
(i) Age of crowded media and double edged sword
(ii) Climate change impact on women and initiatives like Jal Jeevan mission to reduce burden on women
(iii) Human trafficking and Forced prostitution (Child labor)
(iv) Abortion rights for unmarried women
(v) Low political representation (Nari Shakti Adhikyam)
(vi) Safeguarding [illegible] among women (↔ 20%), MSP owned by women and display trivia, Stand india to secede credit [illegible]
(vii) Participation of men in feminist movements
(Women-led development) is the key to unleash true potential of wise shakti, as highlighted by our Honorable President who wisely is pioneer T+ Gender rights.
- Clear thematic organization of different gender rights issues
- Use of historical references (Jyoti Rao Phule, 19th century reforms)
- Inclusion of relevant case law (Rukhmanl Bar Case)
- Statistics provided (wage gap data, maternal mortality references)
- Covers multiple dimensions: education, health, economic, legal
MONIKA SRIVASTAVA
Role of Women and Women's Organization, Population and Associated Issues
Gender Rights and Women's Empowerment
Contemporary gender rights discourse and historical continuity
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Analytical with some informal elements
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