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  2. Gender inequality in India - Wikipedia

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    Gender inequalities, and their social causes, impact India's sex ratio, women's health over their lifetimes, their educational attainment, and even their economic conditions. It also prevents the institution of equal rape laws for men. [4] [5] Gender inequality in India is a multifaceted issue that primarily concerns women, but also affects men ...

  3. Feminism in India - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Although the Government of India has tried to eliminate inequality in the workforce, women still receive unequal treatment. "Men are more likely to get promotions than women—besides, for men the nature of their jobs often changed with these promotions, unlike women, who usually only got increased responsibility and higher ...

  4. List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio

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    Census of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. "Census of India 2001. Chapter 6: Sex Composition of the Population" (PDF). Census of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2021; John, Mary E (16 April 2011). "Census 2011: Governing Populations and the Girl Child" (PDF). Economic & Political Weekly.

  5. Women's political participation in India - Wikipedia

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    To combat gender inequality in politics, the Indian Government has instituted reservations for seats in local governments. Turnout of women during India's parliamentary general elections was 65.63%, compared to 67.09% turnout for men. India ranks 20th from the bottom in terms of representation of women in Parliament. [1]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Gender equality - Wikipedia

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    A large and growing body of research has shown how gender inequality undermines health and development. To overcome gender inequality the United Nations Population Fund states that women's empowerment and gender equality requires strategic interventions at all levels of programming and policy-making. These levels include reproductive health ...

  8. Measures of gender equality - Wikipedia

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    The Gender-related Development Index (GDI) is a gender-focused development of the Human Development Index (HDI) which measures the development levels in a country corrected by the existing gender inequalities. [5] [6] It addresses gender-gaps in life expectancy, education, and incomes. It uses an "inequality aversion" penalty, which creates a ...

  9. Gender inequality - Wikipedia

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    Gender inequalities impact India's sex ratio, women's health over their lifetimes, their educational attainment, and economic conditions. It is a multifaceted issue that concerns men and women alike. The labor force participation rate of women was 80.7% in 2013. [178]