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  2. Aamar Jiban - Wikipedia

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    Aamar Jiban, published in 1876, is the name of Rashsundari Devi's autobiography and is the first autobiography written by an Indian woman and also the first written by any Bengali female. [1] [2] It tells us about the status of women in the 19th-century Indian society and the excess amount of inequality and hardship they had to go through. It ...

  3. Women in India - Wikipedia

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...

  4. History of women in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Thus, a wife may make gifts and use the family wealth on her own when her husband is away (A 2.12.16–20). Women are upholders of traditional lore, and Ä€pastamba tells his audience that they should learn some customs from women (A 2.15.9; 2.29.11). Statue of Dancing Celestial deity (Devada) in Uttar Pradesh, India

  5. Feminism in India - Wikipedia

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    In India, women's issues first began to be addressed when the state commissioned a report on the status of women [clarification needed] to a group of feminist researchers and activists. The report recognised the fact that in India, women were oppressed under a system of structural hierarchies and injustices.

  6. Towards Equality - Wikipedia

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    Towards Equality was the title of the report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India (1974–1975). This 1974 document is said to lay the foundation of women's movement in independent India, highlighting discriminatory sociocultural practices, political and economic processes.

  7. Mother India (book) - Wikipedia

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    Mother India (1927) is a polemical book by American journalist Katherine Mayo on the status of women and girls in Indian society as well as her perception of Hindu culture. The book was translated into more than a dozen languages and reprinted many times in the US.

  8. Gender inequality in India - Wikipedia

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    [45] [46] A 2011 study published by Tarakeswara Rao et al. in the Journal of Commerce indicated that almost 50% of the Indian population consists of women, yet fewer than 5% of businesses are owned by women. [45] In fact, in terms of entrepreneurship as an occupation, 7% of total entrepreneurs in India are women, while the remaining 93% are men ...

  9. Women's rights - Wikipedia

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    In 1946 the United Nations established a Commission on the Status of Women. [262] [263] Originally as the Section on the Status of Women, Human Rights Division, Department of Social Affairs, and now part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Since 1975 the UN has held a series of world conferences on women's issues, starting with the ...