CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF

RELATING TO WOMEN.
SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
ASHWANI
201201005
BALLB 1st YEAR
• Objective
• Introduction.
• challenges for women
 OBJECTIVE
To know to problem and issues faced by
women in past and how life becomes easy in
current time due to democracy and
government policies.
 INTRODUCTION
• The status of women in India has been subject to many changes over the span of recorded Indian
history. Their position in society deteriorated early in India's ancient period, especially in the Indo-
Aryan speaking regions , and their subordination continued to be reified well into India's early modern
period. Practises such as female infanticide, dowry, child marriage and the taboo on widow remarriage,
which began in upper-caste Hindu society in Northern India, have had a long duration, proving difficult
to root out, and in the instance of dowry have spread to all castes, classes, and even religions.
• During the British East India Company rule (1757–1857), and the British Raj (1858–1947), measures
aiming at amelioration were enacted, including Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, Hindu Widows'
Remarriage Act, 1856, Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, and Age of Consent Act, 1891.
Women's rights under the Constitution of India mainly include equality, dignity, and freedom from
discrimination; additionally, India has various statutes governing the rights of women.
• As of 2018, some women have served in various senior official positions in the Indian government,
including that of the President of India, the Prime Minister of India, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
However, many women in India continue to face significant difficulties. The rates of malnutrition are
exceptionally high among adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women in India, with
repercussions for children's health. Violence against women, especially sexual violence, has been on
the rise in India
 CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN
• Women in India face many socio-cultural, economical and political
challenges. These challenges can be classified as:
• Challenge against time
– Timely maternal care: maternal care in India is moribund. Resource and infra
constraint denies timely care to pregnant women, leading to high maternal
mortality rate and Infant mortality rate (quite latest data on MMR)
– Girl child denied timely interventions in nutrition and healthcare, especially in
rural areas. Hence malnutrition and anemia among Indian girls is one of the highest
in the world
– Education is denied, and even if allowed in some cases, the girl couldn’t attend
classes due to time constraints as a result of household work.
– Early marriage, especially of girl children, reduces their opportunities, denying
them the chance to get empowered.
– A direct repercussion of challenge against time is the repeated exhortation against
women going out at night by the so-called moral guardians of the society.
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• Challenge against space Pink collarisation of jobs: The women are mostly deemed fit
for “pink-collar jobs” only, such as teachers, nurses, receptionists, babysitter, lecturer,
etc. which have been stereotyped for women. This denies them opportunities in other
fields.
• Glass ceilings: Women in India face artificial barriers like stereotypes, media-related
issues, informal boundaries, which prevent them from advancing upward in their
organization into management-level positions.
• Sexual harassment at the workplace: Metoo movement sheds light on numerous
instances of sexual harassment at the workplace. However, due to the slow judicial
system, justice hasn’t been delivered to these women.
• Lack of political participation of women: The Indian Parliament currently has 11.8%
women representation, and state assemblies have only 9%. Even though the 73rd
constitutional amendment act mandates 33% of panchayat seats to be reserved for
women. 
– However, The dichotomy between representation and participation can be reflected by the
prevalence of “Sarpanch Pati”.