section 2 - India CS

Question 1

economic factors explaining gender inequality

Answer 1

• women have limited access to employment and expected to work in subsistence farming and domestic
• discrimination in the workplace is common practice: maternity benefits denied. 25% of married women go back to work after childbirth

Question 2

political factors explaining patterns of gender inequality

Answer 2

• lack of women in government on all scales
• women have poor representation in India’s Parliament only 11% in Lok Sabha and 10% in Rajya Sabha
• property ownership non existent and inheritance is patriarchal

Question 3

social factors explaining patterns of gender inequality

Answer 3

• UNICEF: 25% of Indian women think its okay for a husband ti beat their wives
• Dowries = 8233 dowry killings, rape and violence outside the home
• modern slavery: 14.3M women and children victim of exploitation
• access to health care: nearly 1/3 of all households don’t have access
• 70% girls attend primary school but lower figures in secondary school