Status of Women in India

Several scholars have linked birthrate decline to female education. Educated women, they reason, generally prefer smaller families, allowing them to pursue their own interests while investing more resources and time in each child. As it turns out, the map of female literacy in India does exhibit striking similarities with the map of fertility.

Abstract— One of the most developed in the 3rd world countries is republic of India. Even as India has witnessed unprecedented economic growth in the last decade the conditions of millions of Indian women and girl children continue to be deplorable .The unbelievable fact is that India stood in 2nd place in female infanticide( very after china) in Asian continent. Infant female babies have been killed or left to die because they are female .This practice is called Female infanticide. Intentional killing of an infant in womb of a mother is called female foeticide. Every day a

All of those disadvantages for women in modern society are affecting young girls, and it is hard to raise daughters in today’s culture. We as a country should not just let this inequality continue. Men and women should be treated equally and it is important for parents to raise their kids to make the future less

Sons are preferred because they are more likely to support the family financially while girls have virtually no income. Even before birth, female fetuses are killed in countries like India and China. ABC news released a UNICEF report stating that 7,000 fewer girls are born in India everyday than the global average would suggest. Female fetuses are aborted after sex determination tests but also through murder of newborns. Traditionally, boys will care for their parents once they become part of the elderly group in society. In comparison, girls will only care for the families of those they marry into and not their own. In some Indian families, regardless of wealth, a girl is often viewed as a financial burden. In many cases, when a woman is married off, the families of the groom demand a dowry payment. This payment shows that a daughter will continue to be a burden on the family and also displays their desire to get rid of

People in India show a strong preference to not spend time raising girls. The sex birth ratio in India is one of the worst having 112 boys for every 100 girls born. Gill and Mitra-Kahn believe the reason for this lack of girls is due to

India’s statistics are similar. According to the BBC “In 1961, for every 1,000 boys under the age of seven, there were 976 girls. Today, the figure has dropped to a dismal 914 girls. Although the number of women overall is improving (due to factors such as life expectancy), India's ratio of young girls to boys is one of the worst in the world after China. Many factors come into play to explain this: infanticide, abuse and neglect of girl children. But campaigners say the decline is largely due to the increased availability of antenatal sex screening, and they talk of a genocide”.

The exclusion of women performing Hindu rituals, the falling age of Indian women being married, and in the increase of Brahman control in Hinduism are all examples that suggest the status change of women in India. During the Vedic period, women were no longer allowed to participate in spiritual rituals. They weren’t not allowed to contribute to rituals because the Brahmans made property ownership a necessity of ritual completion, and women weren’t not allowed to own property at that time. Women also started marrying at a younger age during the Vedic period. They started getting married around pre-puberty; before finishing education. Since they were married minors, they couldn’t perform rituals and their legal rights as wives were not existent. Lastly, Hinduism increased the power Brahmans and women could not be Brahmans. Women started

There is a crisis in Asia, a problem centuries old and still happening. This problem is missing girls, but not in a traditional sense. These girls either never make it into the world or live horrible short lives before dying at the hands of their parents. This problem is female selective abortion and infanticide. This problem has taken roots in the two largest countries on earth population wise, India and China. Many solutions to the problem have been posed over the years and a few of them might work.

As human move further into the 21st century, the serious imbalance in sex ratio at birth is becoming obsolete. The preferences of son resulting from the economic benefits and social value is whispered in many Asian country.( Narayan Das 1987 pp.157) “Women are missing in their millions—aborted, killed, neglected to death. In 1990 an Indian economist, Amartya Sen, put the number at 100m” (Alamy, 2010) Argubly, this issue is becoming an obstacle for the world. This article will focus on this socioeconomic phenomenon with the view of economic. Generally, this article will process into two parts: first the introduction of the situation and its effects, second, the possible solutions for the problem.

According to the United Nations the recommended sex ratio at birth (SRB) for a country is 107, meaning that for every 100 females born, 107 males are born . The average SRB for industrialised countries lies between 104 and 106 , therefore looking at the figures for many Asian countries, we can see that something is clearly wrong. With many countries where the SRB is well above average,

the problem. Research has concluded that a sixth of the world’s population lives in India and the

The refusal of education to any girl child denies them their general right, denies them the knowledge and skills, which are important for their advancement in todays world.

India is located in Southeast Asia by the Arabian and Bengal Sea and is bordered by Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma. The country was previously colonized by the British and obtained independence in 1947, leading to the formation of a sovereign India. The country was later further divided into three distinct nations: Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh (Hoshiar, 2013). Present day India, as of July 2016, is home to a population of 1,266,883,598 individuals with roughly a 1:1 ratio of males to females (CIA). This ratio can be seen in the Population Pyramid for the country due to it being greater at the bottom then at the top and the left side (males) is being roughly equal to the right side (females). According to the CIA website, there is a 1.19% increase in population every year in India, which equates to roughly 2,500,000 people. India continues to grow rapidly, but there is still a divide present between males and females even though the ratio is the same. Males are held in higher esteem due to their image as the breadwinners of the family, whereas females are generally regarded as homemakers first and foremost. This stigma can be seen in the current literacy rate in India. The current rate is 81.6% literacy among men and 60.6% among women (CIA). The difference in the literacy rate between the two is roughly 20%. Despite the number of males and females receiving primary school education being the same, the education gap increases, as the children get older.

Changes in the psychology of Male-- In our society male are prejudiced for the birth of the girl child because they have the apprehension that due to physical differences women are not that much capable to keep themselves safe and secure. Further, the male is worried regarding the marriage of their daughter and treat her as a liability. From their childhood age to till the age of marriage, they instill in the mind of their daughter that every cultured girl must adjust with husband and their family. Thereby after marriage girls faced all kinds of discrimination in their family and sometimes bear domestic violence, but due to the excessive influence of their parent she could not raise their voice against the all sorts of ill practices going on against her.

Aside from problems with women, there is also a need to help the children of India. Over recent decades, India has tried stopping many of its issues. Making some commitments to ensure the