SOCIAL PROBLEMS

By Meghna Jain C.S.-A3

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE WORD

“SOCIAL PROBLEMS”?

Social problems are the problems which are created :

o By the societyo For the societyo Within the society

SOCIAL PROBLEMS FACED BY

INDIAN WOMEN

Our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru said, "you can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the

status of its women".

CONDITION OF INDIAN WOMEN

Our country is on the high roads of success, but still for a women her life is a battle for survival and dignity from her birth to her death.

PROBLEMS FACED

o Female foeticides.o Neglect during Childhood.o Early marriage.o Dowry.o Atrocities on women.o Gender bias.

FEMALE FOETICIDESWhile the Goddess is welcomed with open

arms, our doors are shut tight for the girl child.

o The murdering of an unborn girl child is termed as female foeticides which is a common scenario in almost all the villages.

o For the want of a male child, an unborn girl is brutally killed even before she gets a chance to see the world.

o Our present sex ratio : 923 females per 1000 males.

NEGLECT DURING CHILDHOOD

o Disparity in educationo Inadequate nutritiono Lack of love and affectiono from infancy till the age of 15 the

death rate for female child far exceeds the mortality rate for male child.

EARLY MARRIAGE

o Getting married before attaining full mental and physical maturity.

o Maternal Mortality.o In rural India almost 70 per cent of girls

are married before they are 18. Nearly 56 per cent of married girls bear children before they are 19.

DOWRYo Dowry is defined as the property, which a

man receives from his wife or her family at the time of his marriage.

o The amount of dowry is regulated by factors like boy's service and salary, social and economic status of the girl's father, the social prestige of the boy's family, educational qualifications of the girl and the boy, girl's working and her salary, girl's and boy's beauty and features, future prospects of economic security, size and the composition of the girl's and boy's family, etc.

ATROCITIES ON WOMEN

o Domestic violence.o Mistreatment.o Women trafficking.o Eve teasing.o Sexual harassment:-In every ten-rape case, six are of minor

girls. In every seven minutes a crime is committed against women. Every 26 minutes a woman is molested. Every 34 minutes a rape takes place. Every 42 minutes a sexual harassment incident occurs. Every 43 minutes a woman is kidnapped. And every 93 minutes a woman is burnt to death over dowry. One-quarter of the reported rape victims are under the age of 16 but the vast majority are never reported due to fear of facing social stigma.

GENDER BIAS

o Status of Widows, Divorcees.o Equal pay for equal work.o Property rights.o Overworked.

PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN WELFARE

o Marriage Legislationo The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929o The Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal

Act,1946o The Hindu Marriage Validity Act, 1949o The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955o The Special Marriage Act, 1954o The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act, 1856o The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961o Socio-Economic Programme

o Rural women's Development and Employment Project

o Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)

o Indira Mahila Yojnao Balika Samriddhi Yojnao Plan of Action to Combat Sexual

Exploitation of Women and Childreno National Commission for Womeno National Women Fundo Mahila Samriddhi Yojna

STATISTICS TESTIFYING THE BRUTALITIES AFFLICTED ON WOMEN FOLK

WHAT WE NEED TO DO…

o Injustice begins at home.o Women up-liftment should start at

the root level.o Social stigmas and taboos need to

be dealt with.o Proper social and financial support

system needs to be created.

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