Indian Women

After 60 years of Independence the Socio economic progression of Indian Women is still unremarkable. Even though, equality of women in status and opportunity is assured by our constitution, still almost 2 million women in India are illiterate.

Raison d'être for lower socio economic status of Indian women are:

Lower growth rate at the elementary level
Higher drop out rates
High rate of illiteracy
Low female verses male ratio (933:1000)
Child marriages
Female Feoticide
High rate malnutrition


The castigation that starts in the womb doesn’t stop after the birth. We think that child marriage and sati are old, rusted and retired. Unfortunately, they are accepted and practiced. In Rajasthan, sati is worshipped and encouraged. In child marriage, though the boy continues his education but the girl is deprived of her right to education. She is supposed to learn housework, also look after her younger siblings. A girl is also a citizen of this country. She enjoys the same rights as boy. Can we aspire to be in the league of superpowers when 50% girls in India can’t exercise their basic fundamental rights?

Improvement in women'socio economic status could be abetted by promoting women's self-help groups, encouraging women entrepreneurs/beneficiaries to take bank loans, increasing number of women's cooperatives and changing practices of women agriculture workers and laborers. Also, we need governmental support by formulating new policies aiming at women’s educational and economical advancement.