Women in India by Kira Gjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia en-us 2019-05-08 08:04:23 UTC 2023-02-20 21:24:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Women in India kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357942581 2019-05-08 08:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357942581 crimes against women kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357942687 2019-05-08 08:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357942687 education kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357942899
  • only about half of all female Indians can read and write (while it's 75% of all males)
  • no sex education in schools and universities
    • ]]>     2019-05-08 08:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357942899     politics kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357943004 2019-05-08 08:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357943004 domestic violence kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357943139
  • 52% of Indian girls and 57% of Indian boys think it's okay when a man beats his wife
    • ]]>     2019-05-08 08:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357943139     rape: kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357943447
  • every 20 minutes, a woman in India is raped
  • 24,000 registered rapes per year
  • Dalit women are raped more often

    • → women are seen as the weak gender
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  • more than a half of Indian women suffer from anemia due to malnutrition
    • 2017 Global Nutrition Report: world’s highest number of those who suffer
    • wanted to reduce, problem: traditional family role, etc
  • Dalit women: suffer from discrimination; die younger (~14.6y. younger); 70.4& have problems to access healthcare, 1 out of 4 15-49 y.o. are undernourished


    • ]]>     2019-05-08 11:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357992730     pregnancies kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/357993120
  • every year, half a million fetuses are aborted
  • reduction in maternal mortality: 22% drop since 2013
  • still a large number
  • most women don't have access to good maternity care
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  • 2015-16: 24% employed (down from 35% in 2005-06)
  • lowest female labour force participation in south Asia regions

    • ]]>     2019-05-08 18:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358197909     health kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358364485 2019-05-09 08:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358364485 representation in the parliament/politics l_rymkuss https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358419287
  • ranks 149 of 188: number of women in parliament (lower and upper houses just about 12% of female participation each)
  • women’s reservation bill: should reserve 33% of the seats for women BUT still wasn’t approved since two decades
  • falls 21 spots on World Economic Forum’s Global gender gap index due to lower female participation in economy; ranks 108 of 144

    • ]]>     2019-05-09 12:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358419287     law kiragjk https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358421259
  • the government is against a law  that punishes men who rape their wives
  • death penalty for those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 or below
    • ]]>     2019-05-09 12:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kiragjk/womeninindia/wish/358421259