The New Emerging Women-Power: Ground Realities Essay

The New Emerging Women-Power: Ground Realities Essay

UPSC Essay The New Emerging Women-Power: Ground Realities by Mahasarkar Team.

Introduction

India was the first democracy in the world that granted its women the right to vote in 1947. Enfranchising the women of India was a massive stride towards acknowledging them as legal citizens of the country assigning them equal social status as men with constitutional rights. Ironically, equal legal status remained on paper with no reflection of it in reality as women were not identified as independent entities but mere affiliations of the male members of the household. The names of women for instance appeared as ‘Daughter of Santosh Kumar: Pooja Kumar’ rather than ‘Pooja Kumar as a distinct individual.

Discussion

Women empowerment in India has occurred in three distinct phases with reformists such as Raja Rammohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar advocating women’s rights to remarry after being widowed and protesting against the evil practice of Sati in 1915. Savitribai Phule advocated women’s rights to education. The middle phase of women empowerment in India was characterized by women such as Aruna Asaf Ali and Leeelabai Chitale playing prominent roles in the Quit Movement on 8th August 1942.

The third phase of women’s empowerment in India began post-independence ushering in a holistic approach to empowering women in social, legal and cultural spheres of life. Unprecedented issues such as the wage gap between unequal employment opportunities and political representation of women had surfaced. Land ownership rights, access to education and employment opportunities and lack of political opportunities are major challenges posed against women in contemporary times.

Women empowerment in contemporary India has undergone a paradigm shift. The constitution has been amended to expand the law into recognizing the exploitation of women and violence against them both in public and private spheres of life. Women’s Rights have been strengthened by the establishment of the Protection of women  from ‘Domestic Violence Act 2005’ and ‘Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace  (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)’, 2013. The National Commission of women has been established to document cases of Women’s oppression. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is committed towards the betterment of women and children by providing them with educational rights and employment opportunities. The female employment rate in India has risen y 0.6% in 2021. The total rate accounted for 19.23%. The women’s literacy rate in India has increased by 14.4% and it has been a whooping 91.95% in 2021.

Conclusion

To conclude, India has witnessed a paradigm shift as far as women’s empowerment is considered. The emergence of Globalization has brought a socio-economic and cultural change in the perspectives of the contribution of women in society. Women have been given permanent status in strategic and diplomatic departments of the Indian Army. The definition of  Crime against women and exploitation of women have undergone an expansion where women can seek redressals for crimes such as marital rape and workplace harassment.

FAQs

Q1. Which reformers advocated women’s rights?

Ans: Women empowerment in India has occurred in three distinct phases with reformists such as Raja Rammohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar advocating women’s rights to remarry after being widowed and protesting against the evil practice of Sati in 1915.

Q2. How are women’s rights strengthened?

  Ans:  Women’s Rights have been strengthened by the establishment of the Protection of women from the ‘Domestic Violence Act 2005’ and ‘Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace  (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)’, 2013.

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