Relevance of Women's Rights in India by Kat Costigan https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k By Kat Costigan, Austin Sellers, and Cole Damon en-us 2019-02-08 15:57:41 UTC 2019-02-11 16:07:31 UTC hello@padlet.com What is this issue? paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329267148 ID: Women in India have not always been equal to men in treatment and everyday rights. Today, there is a large movement for equality. 
SIG: Women make up 48% of India's population, which is almost half. Despite the current views of many people in India, women are entitled to equal rights just as men are and are going to keep fighting for them.  ]]> 2019-02-08 16:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329267148 Women in India may be sold off by their families for marriage at a young age to pay off debts... paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329270390 2019-02-08 16:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329270390 paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329271526 (And yes, that is illegal ) 
A lot of problems in India are caused by social norms, despite laws made to protect women. ]]> 2019-02-08 16:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329271526 Women aren't allowed in some places of worship paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329273493 To put it simply, many Hindu temples believe that women of childbearing age (considered to be 10-50) cannot enter the temples, lest they offend or distract the male gods. ]]> 2019-02-08 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329273493 katiec145 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329275808 Every year, millions of people wait for hours to climb 18 gold-plated steps leading to the Sabarimala Temple. For centuries, pilgrims said they had observed a ban against women ages 10 to 50 entering. Supporters of the ban say that allowing the women inside would disturb the temple’s celibate deity, Lord Ayyappa.
~New York Times, 2019]]> 2019-02-08 16:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329275808 Discrimination rooted in religion paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329278561 While the Indian government has been proven to be fairly progressive to women's rights through amendments to the constitution, the real issue for women lies in the Hindu religion. Seeing women as inferior to men is inherent in the culture of Hinduism. Women are less pure, and cannot be allowed in the temples of worship. ]]> 2019-02-08 16:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329278561 Why We Care: paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329672126 Women are PEOPLE that deserve to be treated the same as men. 27% of girls in India are married before they turn 18, without much choice in the matter. In 2016, rape of girls under 18 increased by 82%. Sex-selective abortions happen everyday in India, where parents decide to abort their child upon realising that it is a girl. Statistics say that India should have 63 million more girls than it does currently, considering these unethical abortions and other anti-woman actions. ]]> 2019-02-10 22:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329672126 paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329696225 2019-02-11 01:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329696225 paiges415 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329697317 1.3 billion people collectively pretend that girls don't have bodies and especially no sexual parts. If girls do not have bodies, sexual molestation is not possible, and if it does happen, it has to be denied, and if it cannot be denied, the girl must be blamed."
- The Guardian]]> 2019-02-11 01:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329697317 Works Cited ColeD2021 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329710276 Amza , Azaera. “India's Destructive Caste System Hurts Women More than Anyone Else.” TRT World, TRT World, 5 June 2018, www.trtworld.com/magazine/india-s-destructive-caste-system-hurts-women-more-than-anyone-else-17991.
Summary: How the women in the Dalit caste are more discriminated against and there higher chances of sexual assualt against them. These cases are often ignored or buried because they are in a lower cast

Delhi, Associated Press in New. “More than 63 Million Women 'Missing' in India, Statistics Show.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 30 Jan. 2018, www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/more-than-63-million-women-missing-in-india-statistics-show.
Summary: The article talks about how most families in India greatly prefer male to female children, going as far as getting gender specific abortions and giving better medical care and food to boys. 

India, Legal Service. “Important Constitutional And Legal Provisions For Women In India.” Probation: A Study In The Indian Context - Probation of Offenders Act, 2017, www.legalserviceindia.com/helpline/woman_rights.htm.
Summary: A list of women’s rights mentioned in the constitution in addition to how long they had been leaves. This shows how despite government issued laws - the Indian society is deeply rooted in gender inequality.

Schultz, Kai. “Let Women Enter Hindu Temple.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Feb. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/world/asia/women-temple-hindu-india.html.
Summary: This article explores the protests and contention between religious belief that women should not be allowed in a Hindu temple. The Indian Government have disagreed and the Supreme Court rules that the women should have the right to . However, several religious groups violently disagree.
]]> 2019-02-11 03:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329710276 The Caste System katiec145 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329717023 The women in the lower caste systems are hurt the most by unequal rights. Sexual assault against women in India is more likely to go unpunished if the woman is of the Dalit caste. ]]> 2019-02-11 03:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329717023 katiec145 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329717562 “Crimes against Dalits are often not properly registered or investigated, conviction rates are low, and there is a large backlog of cases. Police are also known to collude with perpetrators from dominant castes in covering up crimes by not registering or investigating offences against Dalits”
- Amnesty International ]]> 2019-02-11 03:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329717562 Our Research katiec145 https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329947456 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oQWivF8vPp-3tnLgMmkD9tehWKW2loGVehgazG65m5k/edit]]> 2019-02-11 16:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/katiec145/i26netluks0k/wish/329947456