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Gender disparity in india

Gender disparity in india. Joelle Darby. Women and Higher Education. India. Population: 1.27 Billion 28 States Capital: New Delhi Patriarchal Society. Traditional Indian Female Roles. Modern Indian Woman. Urban Work Force. 15.4% of urban workforce are women

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Gender disparity in india

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  1. Gender disparity in india Joelle Darby

  2. Women and Higher Education

  3. India • Population: 1.27 Billion • 28 States • Capital: New Delhi • Patriarchal Society

  4. Traditional Indian Female Roles

  5. Modern Indian Woman

  6. Urban Work Force • 15.4% of urban workforce are women • Fastest growing sector: domestic work • 1.5 million women added to sector over last decade • 71% not active in economy

  7. Gender Preference

  8. Dowry System • Dowry: payment to the groom’s family at the time of marriage • Jewels, cash, cars, domestic appliances • Up to $50,000 • Bride cuts all ties with natal home

  9. Declaration of the Rights of the Child

  10. Benefits of Education

  11. The Realities of Child Marriage

  12. Child Brides • Child Brides are more prone to: • Miscarry • Be infected with HIV • Have three or more births • Undergo multiple abortions

  13. Education: A Solution

  14. Where We Are Now • Government is beginning to implement changes • Smallest portion of budget • Still face social, political and economic barriers

  15. Educate Girls www.Educategirls.in

  16. Get Involved • Center for Women’s Studies: • “provides a point of entry where women students’ concerns can be handled directly or referred to appropriate units” • http://www.studentaffairs.psu.edu/womenscenter/ • 204 Bouke Building • Association for India’s Development • www.clubs.psu.edu/up/aid/web/ourchapter.html • South Asian Student Assoication • http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/sasa/ • South Asian Student Association • http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/sasa/ • FEA-MESA • https://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/current-students/student-orgs

  17. Sources • ree-gap-for.html • http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2011/2011-21.cfm • http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/03/27/college-graduation-gender-salaries/ • http://www.cveza.org/advantages/workforce.html • http://www.about-face.org/negative-body-talk-is-alive-and-well-among-college-women/ • http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/india_map.html • http://india.gov.in • http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/india-current-population.html

  18. http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/11/20/world-toilet-day-women-children/http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/11/20/world-toilet-day-women-children/ • http://www.indianetzone.com/50/women_modern_india.htm • http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/over-100-girls-from-utkal-university-sit-for-iaf-recruitment-test/article1148331.ece • http://chronicle.com/blogs/global/number-of-indian-women-going-to-college-rises-almost-50-in-4-years/34456 • http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indias-urban-work-boom-is-leaving-women-behind/article5681042.ece • http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indias-urban-work-boom-is-leaving-women-behind/article5681042.ece

  19. http://www.sikhnet.com/news/indias-missing-girls • http://www.landesa.org/blog-the-right-to-inherit-isnt-working-for-indian-women/ • http://www.newspeechtopics.com/speech-topics-essay-writing-the-evils-of-dowry-system/ • http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/cgs/article/0408008e.html • https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/child.asp • https://www.facebook.com/MaliniFoundation/photos/pb.549302331789643.-2207520000.1397409897./564568976929645/?type=3&theater • http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx

  20. http://mief.in/child-marriage-in-india/ • http://theoryofawesomeness.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html • http://www.womendeliver.org/knowledge-center/facts-figures/girls-education/ • http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2012/June/Innocence-Lost-Indias-Children-Marrying-at-Age-8/ • http://educategirls.in/index.php/who-we-are • http://asa100.com/#/far-away-places/india/red_girl

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