Case study : Women's rights in India Flashcards
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
What does India rank globally for gender inequality?
135th
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What percentage of the wage for men did women make in 2022
Only 18%
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
As of 2022, what percentage of indian parliment do women make up?
only 11%
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
What does the uk rank for gender inequality?
22nd
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
Where does the uk stand for political empowerment globally?
24th
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
Where does India stand for political empowerment globally?
48th, largely due to the lenth of their period in the last 50 years in which a woman was head of state.
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Where does the UK stand for pay equality?
42nd
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Where does India stand for pay equality?
122nd
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Where does India stand for educational attainment?
107th
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
Where does UK stand for educational attainment?
33rd
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Where do india and the UK stand for womens life expectancy respectivly?
137th and 116th
The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country
What is the rate of domestic abuse in India?
30 percent of women have experienced domestic violence at least once from when they were aged 15
The consequences of gender inequality on that country
Describe the trend notes by Smiriti Sharma (the united nations univeristy)
- Large decline in labour force participation (from 34-27%)
- Stagnant male-female wage gap (50%)
- Crimes against women (rape, dowry killings and honour killings) have shown an upwards trend
What is patrilinearity?
inheritance through male desendants
What is Patrilocality
Married couples living near or with the husbands parents
What do Patrilocality and patrilinearity create?
A strongly ingrained cultural prefernece for sons.
What is the Dowry system?
A cash in hand payment fom the brides family to the grooms at the time of marriage. The insidence of dowry payment, often an importnat part of a household’s income, is rising across all socio-economic classes.
What is the sex ratio in india?
In 2011 there were 919 girls to every 1000 boys, despite sex determination beinf outlawed. India is 142nd for sex ratio at birth whereas UK is 1st.
what goverment scheme has seem postivite results?
In villiage level governamnce, it was mandated that one third of local leadership positions were held by women.
What have behavioural studies found about more women in positions of leaderhsip?
While initially, men reject it as it goes agaisnt traditional gender roles, eventually the stigma dissapears.
How does sending job recruiters to villiages help womens empowerment?
An influential randomisiation study found that this had positive effects on labour market participation. This in turn lead to an increase in child bearing and marriage age along with highr enrolment in schools and decrease in amount of childern.
It also allows women access to automony they would have have been given in thier parntal homes.
What might hinder the porgress of schemes to empower women.
The lack of a complete attitudinal shift as well as practical change.
