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Gender inequality issues in India (Access to education (70% of girls…
Gender inequality issues in India
Violence against women
Underpinned by social norms
Patriarchal + customary practices
52% of women in India think it is justifiable for a man to beat his wife
Domestic violence is tolerated by communities and to some extent by the state
Increases in dowry killings and rape and violence outside the home
Against women using public transport
Modern slavery
14.3 m people were subject to modern slavery in 2014
Mostly women + girls
Trafficking for sexual exploitation
Early forced marriage
Forced labour
Property ownership
Women have few rights in owning land + property
Inheritance is usually patriarchal
Employment opportunity
Women have limited access
Especially the rural poor
Even women who have a full secondary or tertiary education as it is hard to defy social norms of marriage and immediate motherhood
Often expected to remain at home
Raise children
Domestic chores
Subsistence farming
Discrimination in the workplace
Maternal benefits are denied by many employers
Most women do not return to work after childbirth
Delhi: 25% of married women return to work after childbirth
Political participation
Lack of women in government at national, provincial and local level
11% women in lower house of parliament
10.6% women in upper house
Access to healthcare
Nearly 1/3 of households in Bihar do not access government health services
Women have little influence
Access to education
70% of girls attend primary school
Fewer girls attend secondary school
Opposition from families + communities
Poverty
Cultural beliefs