Tulsi Prajna 1995 07

SR No.: 524584
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 164
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRL-CHILD
Anil Dutta Mishra
The Problem
Humanity has advanced very far from where it had started. Many things have changed; the social position and rights of many groups have been subjects to the ebb and flows of history. Many sections of the population which had ruled, have been brought down while others which were deprived have risen to position of equality and even to political power. Every now and then a new group, that is being oppressed demands attention, demands its rights and upliftment. Attention shifts to this group; its problem gets focussed upon; the causes of its oppression get diagnosed, a strategy to solve its problems, is worked out and an attempt to formulate policies gets rolling."
Women, who constitute more than half of the world population, are facing problems since ancient times. Their oppression is persistent and universal, and its solutions are complicated. In spite of this, women's question has attracted the attention of social-scientists who find planty of areas still unexplored. Social scientists have undertaken the task of conducting a systematic research to assess the changes that are taking place in the condition of women and girlchild all over the world; especially in the developing countries. According to Alfred D'Souza "in both the industrially advanced and less developed countries, women are burdened with cumulative inequalities as a result of socio-cultural and economic discriminatory practices. Until recently, they have been taken for granted as though they were part of the immutable scheme of things established by Dature."'. It is well accepted fact that women have been denied equal opportunities all over the world for their personal and social development. In India, it is still worse because of the sex-segregated structure of the society, acute poverty and the traditional value system.
The various studies show that women are still backward. It is no consolation that the condition of women in India is better or worse than that of their counterparts in rest of the world, particularly in other developing countries. Women are at the receiving end right from the time of their birth. Discrimination against them is preva