Feminism In India

 

"We need to live in a culture that values and respects and looks up to and idolizes women as much as men”.                 

      ~ Emma Watson

   

Be the change you want to see…

Feminism in India is a set of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political and economic rights for women in India. It is the pursuit of women's rights within the society of India. Feminists in India seek gender equality: the right to work for equal wages, the right to equal access to health and education, and equal political rights. Indian feminists also have fought against culture-specific issues within India's patriarchal society, such as inheritance laws.

 The moon is still the moon through all it's phases...

The history of feminism in India can be divided into three phases: the first phase, beginning in the mid-19th century, initiated when reformists began to speak in favor of women rights by making reforms in education, customs involving women; the second phase, from 1915 to Indian independence, when  Mahatma Gandhi incorporated women's movements into the Quit India movement and independent women's organizations began to emerge and finally, the third phase, post-independence, which has focused on fair treatment of women at home after marriage, in the work force, and right to political parity. 

 Despite the progress made by Indian feminist movements, women living in modern India still face many issues of discrimination. Indian Feminists through the ages have worked hard to bridge the gap between men and woman discrimination and inequality.

She read, lead and paved the path ahead…  

Savitribai Phule is one of the earliest Indian Feminist. She is regarded as the first female teacher of India. She played an important role in improving women's rights in India. She is regarded as the mother of Indian feminism. She founded one of the first Indian girls' school in Pune, at Bhide Wada in 1848.

Manasi Pradhan is an Indian women's rights activist and author. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. In 2014, she was conferred with Rani Laskhmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar by the President of India. The life story of Manasi Pradhan has been adopted as documentaries in United States and Israel.

Rajeswari Sunder Rajan is an Indian feminist scholar, a professor in English, and author of several books on issues related to feminism and gender. She has authored many books of which the notable ones are the Scandal of the State: Women, Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India and Real and Imagined Women: Gender, Culture and Postcolonialism.  

The work of these impeccable woman and many more throws light on encouraging women to voice up and men to not cut off Or interrupt them cause they will have a chance to speak, Feminism aims at equality and opportunities for all. 

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