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Currently, women in India face a multitude of health problems, which ultimately affect the aggregate economy's output. Addressing the gender, class or ethnic disparities that exist in healthcare and improving the health outcomes can contribute to economic gain through the creation of quality human capital and increased levels of savings and ...
Women turnout during India's 2014 parliamentary general elections was 65.63%, compared to 67.09% turnout for men. [113] In 16 states of India, more women voted than men. A total of 260.6 million women exercised their right to vote in April–May 2014 elections for India's parliament. [113]
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 ...
Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Women's rights in India (13 C, 76 P)
A formation of human chain at India Gate by the women from different walks of life at the launch of a National Campaign on prevention of violence against women, in New Delhi on October 2, 2009. Violence against women in India refers to physical or sexual violence committed against a woman, typically by a man.
According to Indian National Crime Record Bureau, in 2012, 8,233 dowry death cases were reported across India, [38] or dowry issues cause 1.4 deaths per year per 100,000 women in India. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] For contextual reference, the United Nations reports a worldwide average female homicide rate of 3.6 per 100,000 women, and an average of 1.6 ...
Crime against Women (IPC + SLL) Percentage Share of State/UT (2016) Rank Based on Incidence / % share (2016) Rate of Cognizable Crimes (2016) Rank Based on Crime Rate (2016) Rate of Total Crime against Women (2018) [a] 2014 2016 2018 1 Andhra Pradesh: 16526: 16362 16438 4.8: 8: 63.5: 9 63.2 2 Arunachal Pradesh: 351: 367 368 0.1: 27: 58.7: 10 51 ...
Sen estimated 'missing women' from extra women who would have survived in Asia if it had the same ratio of women to men as Europe and United States. According to Sen, the high birth sex ratio over decades, implies a female shortfall of 11% in Asia, or over 100 million women as missing from the 3 billion combined population of India, other South ...