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Women Deserve The Rights Of Women

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Imagine a woman whose ex boyfriend has forced her to drink acid because he has found out she is in an arranged marriage to marry another man. These are problems that women in India are always trying to avoid on a daily basis. For decades women in India have fought to have rights that protect them from the social injustice that overruns the country, slowly women have gotten more rights and laws to protect them but, there is still more to be done. It is not often that these issues are mentioned by those living in countries such as America because in other countries we often do not understand the complexities of these problems. In India, for years women have not had the rights they deserve, from inequality of basic rights, rights in the workforce, or more major rights such as protection against rape and sexual harassment. Women in India have tried for years to get equal rights, in the beginning they had some success but as time went on it slowed down. India gained its independence on August 15th of 1974, first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to unite the country and everyone in it. In the beginning it looked as if women’s rights were going to take off but as time went on the drive for women’s rights slowed down. In his first few years as prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was able to give women the right to inherit property, divorce their husbands, vote, and run for office. It was not until 196, nearing the end of his term, that the Dowry Prohibition Act was put into

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