Question

Explain the correlation between the following.

Indian Society - Gender Inequality

Answer 1

1. The views of society, customs, and cultural practices play a big role in keeping women at lower places in society refusing them opportunities, which are generally provided to men, who are considered the dominant ones in India.
2. Gender refers to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men such as behaviour, norms, roles, and relationships between women and men.
3. Gender issues focus on women and on the relationship between men and women, their roles, access to and control over resources, division of labour, difficulties, and needs, etc.
4. Gender inequality is pervasive, with women lacking access to decent employment and facing gender wage gaps. All around the world women and girls are routinely denied access to education and healthcare; they are under-represented in economic and political decision-making. They suffer from violence and discrimination.
5. One of the key causes of gender disparity is women's lack of understanding of their rights and abilities to achieve equality. This lack of understanding is frequently caused by prevailing cultural and social conventions that require women to be obedient to men.
6. It is critical to break down these barriers and educate women about their rights so that they can demand equality.