social problem faced

by Indian women

Our first prime minister ,Jawaharlal

Nehru said , “you can tell the

condition of nation by looking at the

status of its women “

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

Problems faced

Female abortion

Dowry

Restriction on widow remarriage

Gender bias

Neglect during childhood

Child marriage

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.

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 .

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.,

Freedom from Fear

Freedom to Vote

Freedom of Speech

Freedom from Torture

Freedom of Choice

Freedom of Religion

Freedom from enslavement

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

By:

Talha Ali Khan

Btech Iind year

(Electrical Engg)