This is a PPT on gender discrimination and it's factors in India

1. GENERAL STUDIES PROJECT BY SHREYA PATEL (XIIA)
Gender Discrimination
in India

2. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. ---Malala Yousafzai
A country is not selective of its people, however, the society can be. This is the
reason why there is rampant gender discrimination in India stemming from gender
inequality.
What is gender discrimination ?
Gender discrimination is when someone is treated unequally or disadvantageously
based on their gender. This can result to health, education, economic and political
inequalities between genders.
Historically, in India and the World this discrimination has been prominently
aimed at the female gender. In our patriarchal society the economic dependence on
the male counterpart is itself a cause of gender disparity.
INTRODUCTION

3. Forms of Gender
Discrimination
Sexism
Implicit
Bias
Pay
Gap
Ownership
Inequality
Sexual
Assault

4. Causes of Gender Discrimination
• POVERTY
In India of the total 30 percent people who are below poverty line, 70 percent
are women. In rural areas, families prefer sending their boys to school rather
than the girls of the family, which is one of the biggest disadvantages.
• ILLITERACY
Educational backwardness of females has also been a root cause of brutal
gender discrimination.
• SOCIAL CUSTOMS & BELIEFS
Sons, in many communities are considered as assets to the family in lieu of
daughters, who are regarded as liabilities. This backward notion is a major cau
se of gender disparity.
• LACK OF AWARENESS
Most of the women are unaware of their basic rights and capabilities. They do
not even have the understanding as to how the socio-economic and political fo
rces affect them. They remain ignorant due to the lack of awareness.

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7. GENDER GAP: THE GLOBAL SCENARIO

8. TWO GENDERS, ONE EQUALITY
As a girl born and brought up in an urban society, I consider myself lucky
because I can enjoy all my rights and voice my opinions without a worry.
Although, a part of me is saddened by the treatment of girls in some rur
al areas where they’re married off as soon as they come of age. The wom
en are kept at home unaware of their own basic rights. This disparity bet
ween genders is more rampant in places of lesser development in
comparison to urban areas.
However, it brings me immense joy to listen to stories of empowerment f
rom the areas where there’s brutal discrimination. Hidden between crac
ks are the people who fight this unjust system from within and outside
and I salute those people. The development of a country begins with th
e development of its people and in the case of India it will be achieved th
rough bridging the gap between the male and the female sex.

9. CONCLUSION
• The mainstream beliefs of Indians are
progressing with times, in a place where a
woman couldn’t get out of the house is now
fighting at the frontiers, they are the scientists
who launch spacecrafts to moon, they make
presidents and lead our countries towards
sustainable development. Although the number
of such success stories are small, it makes them
no less significant. This is but a giant leap of our
society towards a world with two genders and
equality.
• The government is also acting as a catalyst in
transforming the preconceived notion of
regarding men and women unequal by taking
steps which enable the development of women.
There are many NGO’s and schemes which
promote this progressive mentality. The results
would take time but these steps are in the right
direction.

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
WIKIPEDIA
CareIndia.org
UNICEF.org
NATIONAL PORTAL OF INDIA
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

11. NAME: SHREYA PATEL
CLASS: XIIA
ROLL NO. : 12128
G.S PROJECT
Akshara international school