Neglect During Early Childhood
Neglect During Early ChildhoodThe neglect of girl child starts at very early stage. The extent of neglect varies from family to family depending on their economic position. But in...
[ read more ]Sex-ratio and Life expectancy
Sex-ratio and Life expectancySex-ratio (number of female per 1,000 male) is an important indicator of women’s status in the society. The census figures show that while the female population...
[ read more ]CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S ISSUES: HEALTH AND LEGAL ASPECTS
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S ISSUES: HEALTH AND LEGAL ASPECTSBesides the social science studies, various national committees and commissions have produced important reports stating the status of women in contemporary Indian society.The...
[ read more ]Social Issues faced by Women
Social Issues faced by WomenWomen’s organisations helped in spurting up interest in women’s studies. The interest in women’s studies spurted during the 1960s in the West, with the emergence...
[ read more ]Gender Role Stereotyping and Women’s Issues
Gender Role Stereotyping and Women’s IssuesThe institutional arrangements, the values, norms and customs of the society create and sustain female role stereotypes. For example, within this socio-cultural set up,...
[ read more ]ROLE OF WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION
ROLE OF WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONWomen form an important social category. Social empowerment is meaningless if half of the population of country remains in grips of malnourishment, selective sex...
[ read more ]DIVERSITY
CONCLUSIONQuite in line with these traditional bonds of unity, the Indian state in postIndependence era has rightly opted for a composite culture model of national unity rather than a...
[ read more ]GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY
GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITYIndia is a vast country with great diversity of physical features. Certain parts in India are so fertile that they are counted amongst the most fertile regions of...
[ read more ]CASTE DIVERSITY
CASTE DIVERSITYIndia is a country of many castes. The term caste is generally used in two senses: sometimes in the sense of Varna and sometimes in the sense of...
[ read more ]RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITYIndia is a land of multiple religions. We find in our motherland followers of various faiths, particularly of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism and Zoroastrianism, among others.The...
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