Women Empowerment In India (by Upasana Borah) – APSC Mains Essay

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Women Empowerment In India – APSC Mains Essay

(Essay submitted in APSC Mains Essay Writing Contest 2019 – Essay Topics for week 8)

 

Women Empowerment In India by Upasana Borah

 

Violance against women is continuing since the Ancient period of Mahabharat which portrays the violence against Dropati. Indian Society has always revered women.Many female deities Goddess Saraswati, Laxmi, Durga, Kali are worshipped across the whole over India. On other side, the system of patriarchal system is continuing since the time of Rig Veda. Women suffer this and remain silent because she is to be discriminated among the society, she can’t speak or stood up against the crime she is been suffering, she is afraid because of the customs laid by our society.

The position of women in Indian Constitution is very wide. Over the past two decades,Violence against women is increasing and had came to be understood as a form of discrimination and violation of women’s Human Rights. The obligation to enact laws to address violence against women, is now  the subject  matter of a wide legal and policy framework at the International, National and Regional levels. The constitution guarantees that all citizens of India (including women) have the fundamental right to live in peace and harmony where it is a global issue which has an impact in our society. Such violence has devastating effect on the lives of victims, their families and also communities.

The worth of a civilization can be judged by the place given to women in the society. One of several factors that justify the greatness of India’s ancient culture is the honorable place granted to women. They were deprived of their rights of equality with men. This advanced era of feminism when it’s agenda stresses on key concepts of individuality and embracing women hood, the prevailing scenes of violence against women threatens to topple the pillars on which the entire notion of feminism is based.

Wives(Women) are considered as better half and religious partners of their husband which means the half part of a man belong to his wife. Apart from these there are some peoples who still exists while saying a Girl child is being a burden towards the family so its better to abort the baby it is because there is lack of knowledge that in Today’s world a girl can do everything just she need support and love to care for her effort to overcome. The increasing numbers of rapes includes cases against minors such as the recent case in KATHUA RAPE CASE  portrays the brutality the women in the society face characterized by heinous acts that ashamed humanity as a whole. These acts takes in the form of rape,  harassment, human trafficking and numerous other kinds of crimes that the current government laws have failed to enforce it . The cause behind this mainly revolve around patriarchal norms of the society.  These norms have internalized the ‘vulnerability’ of women in the  society.

Women are continued to be treated as inferior by men, completely ignorant of the safeguards the the law provides to women.  The Government of India has launched various schemes as well as various schemes are running for the welfare of the women in both state and central level.

Once Swamy Vivekananda , said “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved, it is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing”.

Thus, it is necessary to utilize the provisions enacted on our law for the protection of women and betterment of the society.

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