Joelle Darby

GENDER DISPARITY IN INDIA

Women and Higher Education

India•Population: 1.27 Billion•28 States•Capital: New Delhi•Patriarchal Society

Traditional Indian Female Roles

Modern Indian Woman

Urban Work Force

• 15.4% of urban workforce are women

• Fastest growing sector: domestic work• 1.5 million

women added to sector over last decade

• 71% not active in economy

Gender Preference

Dowry System• Dowry: payment to the groom’s family at the time of marriage• Jewels, cash, cars, domestic appliances• Up to $50,000

• Bride cuts all ties with natal home

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

Benefits of Education

The Realities of Child Marriage

Child Brides • Child Brides are more prone to:• Miscarry• Be infected with HIV• Have three or more births• Undergo multiple abortions

Education: A Solution

Where We Are Now• Government is beginning to implement changes• Smallest portion of budget

• Still face social, political and economic barriers

Educate Girls

www.Educategirls.in

Get Involved • Center for Women’s Studies:• “provides a point of entry where women students’ concerns

can be handled directly or referred to appropriate units” • http://www.studentaffairs.psu.edu/womenscenter/• 204 Bouke Building

• Association for India’s Development• www.clubs.psu.edu/up/aid/web/ourchapter.html

• South Asian Student Assoication• http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/sasa/

• South Asian Student Association• http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/sasa/

• FEA-MESA• https://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/current-students/student-orgs

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• http://www.sikhnet.com/news/indias-missing-girls• http://www.landesa.org/blog-the-right-to-inherit-isnt-working-for-indian-women/ • http://www.newspeechtopics.com/speech-topics-essay-writing-the-evils-of-dowry-system/• http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/cgs/article/0408008e.html• https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/child.asp • https://www.facebook.com/MaliniFoundation/photos/pb.549302331789643.-2207520000.1397409897./564568976929645/?type=3&theater• http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx

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