The document discusses various social problems faced by women in India, according to Nehru's view that a nation's condition can be assessed by looking at the status of its women. It outlines issues like female feticide, dowry, restrictions on widows remarrying, gender bias, child neglect and child marriage. Specific problems discussed in more depth include female feticide resulting in a skewed sex ratio, child marriage where many girls bear children before age 19, and dowry practices that are regulated by the groom's salary and education level.
2. Our first prime minister ,Jawaharlal
Nehru said , “you can tell the
condition of nation by looking at the
status of its women“
3. Condition of women in India
Our country is on high roads of
success , but still for a women her life
is a battle for survival and dignity
from her birth to death
Birth Death
4. Problems faced
Female abortion
Dowry
Restriction on widow remarriage
Gender bias
Neglect during childhood
Child marriage
5. Female abortion
While goddess are welcomed with open arms,
our doors are shut tight for girl child.
It’s a very common scenario in almost all
villages.
It has become tradition for some families to
have male children only.
Our sex ratio is : 923 females per 1000
males.
6. Child marriage
Getting married before attaining full
mental and physical maturity.
In rural area 70%of girls are married before
they are 18
And nearly 56% of married girls bear
children before they are 19 .
7. Dowry
Dowry is defined as the property , which a man
receives from his wife or her family at the
time of marriage. It is regulated by factors
like :
Boy’s service and salary
Economic status
Educational qualification etc.,
8.
9. Freedom from Fear
Freedom to Vote
Freedom of Speech
Freedom from Torture
Freedom of Choice
Freedom of Religion
Freedom from enslavement
10.
11. - All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights
- Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
- Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment.
- Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal
work.
- Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free.
- Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the
community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and
its benefits.
12. - Abuse violence and discrimination
against women .
- The issues with women’s rights are
still being ignored and remain as a
‘social epidemic’.
- Many governments turn a blind
eye towards the increasing
problems with the discrimination
and violence against women
- Abused victims of rape,
unfair treatments in the
workplace, domestic violence
etc.
13. - Women are attacked in areas of armed conflict.
-In pakistan men are beating women at
alarming rates.
- In Thailand, Burma and Nigeria, women
are constantly being sold and trafficked
into prostitution where governments are
not doing enough to protect the rights of
women
- In Ukraine and Mexico, women are often
denied employment simply because they are
women
- In the US, students attack girls .
-In Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Saudi
Arabia, women are rendered as being
unequal in front of the law.