Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Women (w) issues - Coggle Diagram
Women (w) issues
Alimony (maintenance) in India
depends on matrimonial laws specific to appropriate religions
c provisions that support it
A-15(3) and A-39
Laws
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Special Marriage Act, 1954
Section 125 and section 128 of CrPC
DVA, 2005
problems
poor enforcement
maintenance amount not paid to women and children
women further pushed to poverty, homelessness and vagrancy
not paying in timely manner
SC
Abandoned wife and children will be entitled to 'maintenance' from the date she applies for it in a court of law
gave comprehensive guidelines
alimony should prevent dependent wives and children from falling into destitution and vagrancy
Alimony should be sufficient to women and children to lead a dignified life
sex ratio
facts
2007-2016
Haryana - 860 (2007) 865 (2016)
National level - 903(2007) 877 (2016)
940/1000 (2011 census) = 47% of popn
report
Vital Statistics of India
2018 sex ratio at birth
Best - Arunachal Pradesh - 1084 females
Manipur worst - 757
2 - Nagaland, Kerela
Reasons
Punjab - Male children preferred
Measures
area - specific intervention required
issues
declining Child SR (0-6 years)
facts
2001 = 927/1000
2011 = 919/1000
reasons
patriarchal mindset
men are bread winners
son looks after parents in old age
only son performs last rites
lineage and inheritance runs through male line
exorbitant dowry demands
technology
easy availability of sex determination tests
pre-conception sex selection facilities
increased violence against w - difficult to keep girls safe- study of social research haryana says fear of violence against w is major cause of female foeticide
consequences
increase in violence against women
cases of forced marriage of widows
commodification of w - purchasing brides from poor areas
polyandry
low FLFP wrt formal/organised sector
stats
WEF- Global Gender Gap report
India rank
wrt economic participation - 142,149 -2020 declined
ILO - India's rank in FLF = 121/131
2019 Oxfam report
gender wage gap highest in Asia
women earn 34% below men for = qualification and = work