Gandhiji
said, ‘Intellectually, mentally, and spiritually, woman is equivalent to a male
and she can participate in every activity."
From
Sita in Ramayana to Kannagi in Silapathikaram to Rani Jhansi are not only
celebrated women but also their contribution to social change and awareness had
been immense. Even Ramakrishnaparmahamsar is said to have worshipped his wife.
Gender
is western concept. India is the original home of the Mother Goddess. women in
India have always been honored and respected.
Article
14 of the constitution accords equality for both genders.
India
has led the world in ratifying UN Conventions and international covenants like
the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action.
Only
in India Woman is worshipped as Sakthi [Strength], Saraswathy [Knowledge] and
Lakshmi [Prosperity]. No other country or religion in the world worships women
hood in the way India does. In Hindu Mythology women is said to have been given
absolutely 50% of Mental, Spiritual and physical space in the life of a man,
when Shiva is illustrated to have done this in Arthnareeswarar form.
India
is fortunate to have had many great women - Auvaiyar, Annie Besent , First
women president of Indian national Congress, Nevedita, Vijayalakshmi Pandit,
First Indian Woman President of UN General Assembly, Mother Teresa, Sarojini
Naidu to Indira Gandhi only the second woman Prime Minster in the world, to
Kalpana Chawla, Indra Nooyi to Pratibha Patil first women President of India
and many more in the Indian Corporate sector who have proved to be more than a
match . Their contribution to society in whole and to Women in Particular is
invaluable.
In Modern Indian society women are playing stellar role, even challenging the males in Politics. More importantly their role in family building, society development is stupendous. Indian woman is emerging out of their conventional role, realizing their unlimited potential and have begun to take major role in all walks of life.
In Modern Indian society women are playing stellar role, even challenging the males in Politics. More importantly their role in family building, society development is stupendous. Indian woman is emerging out of their conventional role, realizing their unlimited potential and have begun to take major role in all walks of life.
Indian
woman is beautiful, gentle, motherly yet powerful. Indian society look upto
their women folk to take the lead, which is slowly happening. When India
becomes a superpower, surely there will be significant contribution from great
women.
The 2016 theme for
International Women’s Day is
“Planet
50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.
Some key targets of
the 2030 Agenda:
- By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes.
- By
2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early
childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are
ready for primary education.
- End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
- Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.
- Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
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