Her Right To Equality

From Promise to Power

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  • The
  • sixth
  • volume
  • in
  • the
  • Rethinking
  • India
  • series,
  • in
  • collaboration
  • with
  • the
  • Samruddha
  • Bharat
  • Foundation,
  • looks
  • at
  • the
  • reality
  • of
  • gender
  • equality
  • in
  • the
  • country
  • against
  • the
  • promises
  • of
  • justice
  • and
  • equality
  • made
  • in
  • the
  • Constitution
  • of
  • India.
  • What
  • it
  • finds
  • is
  • that
  • even
  • today,
  • India
  • remains
  • an
  • unequal
  • country
  • and
  • that
  • women
  • control,
  • at
  • best,
  • about
  • 10-15
  • per
  • cent
  • of
  • economic
  • and
  • political
  • resources.
  • While
  • there
  • has
  • been
  • progress
  • in
  • some
  • areas,
  • in
  • many
  • other
  • areas
  • there
  • has
  • been
  • very
  • little
  • and
  • uneven
  • change.
  • One
  • of
  • the
  • main
  • reasons
  • for
  • this
  • slow
  • progress
  • is
  • that
  • social
  • norms
  • that
  • assign
  • particular
  • roles
  • and
  • identities
  • to
  • men
  • and
  • women
  • are
  • 'sticky'
  • and
  • hard
  • to
  • change.
  • In
  • India,
  • a
  • highly
  • patriarchal
  • society,
  • these
  • norms
  • give
  • very
  • little
  • power
  • to
  • women
  • and,
  • consequently,
  • they
  • have
  • little
  • control
  • or
  • influence
  • over
  • decisions
  • taken
  • within
  • their
  • households,
  • in
  • markets
  • or
  • in
  • political
  • spaces.
  • Challenging
  • the
  • status
  • quo
  • can
  • cause
  • a
  • backlash,
  • leading
  • to
  • high
  • levels
  • of
  • violence
  • against
  • women
  • in
  • the
  • domestic
  • sphere,
  • the
  • workplace
  • and
  • in
  • public
  • places.
  • If
  • we
  • are
  • to
  • see
  • a
  • more
  • safe,
  • just
  • and
  • equal
  • society
  • by
  • 2047,
  • a
  • hundred
  • years
  • after
  • Independence,
  • it
  • cannot
  • be
  • business
  • as
  • usual.
  • Her
  • Right
  • to
  • Equality
  • argues
  • that
  • what
  • we
  • require
  • is
  • disruptive
  • change
  • through
  • individual
  • and
  • collective
  • leadership
  • and action.
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