ACCELERATED DEPLETION OF WOMAN'S PEACE: GENDER DISCRIMINATION

1. Gender
Discrimination
still pushing
women to stay in
veil
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Submitted By:
SHREEA
BANERJEE

2. “Perhaps it takes courage to
raise children…” ( John
Steinbeck, East of Eden)

3. NOT ONLY THIS…..
Women perform 66% of the
world’s work & produce 50% of the
food.
Statistics say the livelihood of a
child’s survival increased by 20%
when the mother controlled
household income.
Women owned businesses
comprise upto 38% of all
registered small businesses
worldwide.

4. Still...
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6. Compared to men, Women….
 Operate smaller farms,
 Have greater overall workload that includes
low-productivity activities like fetching water and
firewood
 Have less access to innovation and productive
assets and services
 Have weaker property rights and tenure
security and reduced incentives to invest in their
land
 Are poorly represented in the leadership of
rural organizations, particularly at regional and
national level
 If employed, are more likely to be in part-time,
seasonal & low-paying jobs

7. Dr. Dashrath Bhuyan in his article titled “Empowerment of
Indian Women : A challenge of 21st century” writes:
“Women are being brutalized, commoditized,
materialized and subjected to inhuman
exploitation and discrimination”

13. REMEDIES BEYOND PROXIMATE
ONES…..

14. Design programs to facilitate women’s and girls’ access to
formal and non-formal education, their skills development
and their transition to paid work.
Improve the conditions and quality of jobs to ensure that
women are able to maximize their productivity, earn a
decent wage and have access to benefits such as maternity
leave, sick pay and other forms of social protection.
Invest in infrastructure and labor-saving technologies,
especially in rural areas, to reduce the time-consuming
aspects of women’s and girls’ unpaid domestic work,
enabling girls to attend school and women to participate in
the labor market or take up self-employment opportunities.
Assist micro enterprise development and self-employment
for women in urban and rural areas by improving working
conditions and productivity through access to financial

15. Make it happen that one day comes
when women can say…………..