Case study : Women's rights in India

Question 1

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

What does India rank globally for gender inequality?

Answer 1

135th

Question 2

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

What percentage of the wage for men did women make in 2022

Answer 2

Only 18%

Question 3

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

As of 2022, what percentage of indian parliment do women make up?

Answer 3

only 11%

Question 4

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

What does the uk rank for gender inequality?

Answer 4

22nd

Question 5

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where does the uk stand for political empowerment globally?

Answer 5

24th

Question 6

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where does India stand for political empowerment globally?

Answer 6

48th, largely due to the lenth of their period in the last 50 years in which a woman was head of state.

Question 7

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where does the UK stand for pay equality?

Answer 7

42nd

Question 8

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where does India stand for pay equality?

Answer 8

122nd

Question 9

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where does India stand for educational attainment?

Answer 9

107th

Question 10

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where does UK stand for educational attainment?

Answer 10

33rd

Question 11

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

Where do india and the UK stand for womens life expectancy respectivly?

Answer 11

137th and 116th

Question 12

The gender inequlaity issues that are apparent in that country

What is the rate of domestic abuse in India?

Answer 12

30 percent of women have experienced domestic violence at least once from when they were aged 15

Question 13

The consequences of gender inequality on that country

Describe the trend notes by Smiriti Sharma (the united nations univeristy)

Answer 13

• 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

Question 14

What is patrilinearity?

Answer 14

inheritance through male desendants

Question 15

What is Patrilocality

Answer 15

Married couples living near or with the husbands parents

Question 16

What do Patrilocality and patrilinearity create?

Answer 16

A strongly ingrained cultural prefernece for sons.

Question 17

What is the Dowry system?

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

What is the sex ratio in india?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

what goverment scheme has seem postivite results?

Answer 19

In villiage level governamnce, it was mandated that one third of local leadership positions were held by women.

Question 20

What have behavioural studies found about more women in positions of leaderhsip?

Answer 20

While initially, men reject it as it goes agaisnt traditional gender roles, eventually the stigma dissapears.

Question 21

How does sending job recruiters to villiages help womens empowerment?

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

What might hinder the porgress of schemes to empower women.

Answer 22

The lack of a complete attitudinal shift as well as practical change.