Akshay AgrawalAIR 43 · CSE 2018 · 265 wordsTheir whole copy
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Feminism is referred to as the a social cause or philosophy in which female/ women rights are fought for and advocated.
In a patriarchal society, women have been widely discriminated against since historic times. Thus, the need for reviving the conditions of women, in a society where crimes against women have been rising, has become the prime agenda for all feminist movements.
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Reason for Feminist movements:
→ Women in 21st century have become more assertive, self-dependent & economically independent.
→ Crimes against women have been only rising.
Safety of women not given sufficient attention. Low participation of women in economic activities, politics, and poor health and education levels leaving women at the mercy of their families.
Thus, Feminism has evolved as a means to secure above rights of the women as the agenda, by organising groups advocating the cause, and also protesting for their rights.
The Draft National Policy for Women 2016 has the following provisions:
Educational and health of women to be given the utmost priority.
Providing women with sufficient economic and financial support to make them independent.
Address safety concerns of women by strengthening institutional mechanisms to protect women from crimes like sexual violence, domestic violence, homicide and molestation. eg. National Comm. for women to be strengthened.
However, the draft policy does suffer from the following drawbacks:
No mention of any special budgetary packages for women development.
No mention of political representation of women in the legislatures.
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Thus, to safeguard the interests of women, we need changes in mindset, institutions, and most importantly our attitudes.
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