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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.
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 ...
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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.
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 Āpastamba 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
The history of feminism in India can be divided into three phases: the first phase, beginning in the mid-19th century, initiated when reformists began to speak in favour of women rights by making reforms in education and customs involving women; [2] [3] the second phase, from 1915 to Indian independence, when Gandhi incorporated women's ...
1988, Women's Movement in India: Conceptual and Religious Reflections, [7] 1992, Reflections on the women's movement in India: religion, ecology, development, [8] 1998, Towards Understanding Indian Society, [9] 2001, A new thing on earth: hopes and fears facing feminist theology : theological ruminations of a feminist activist, [10]
The Committee on the Status of Women in India released a report in 1974, and had a significant influence in the reemergence of activism towards gender equality. The report highlighted the significant differences between men and women in India, including the disparity in the sex ratio, mortality rates, employment, literacy, and wage discrimination.