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Of Economics, 12350037

 To improve nutrition and health. Awareness regarding diseases. To decrease the victim of domestic violence. To increase female education. To spread awareness about micro-credit. Increase womens participation in politics and decision making. To aware about womens rights and empowerment. Gender equality. Increasing sex ratio. To avoid the problem of dowry, divorce and disertion.
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 Increasing violence against women. Gender discrimination. Female education. Problem of employment. Harassment of women at work place. Divorce and desertion. Dowry. Decline in political participation. Decline in child sex ratio.
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Time Period

Violence

26 minutes

One molested

34 minutes 43 minutes
43 minutes 93 minutes 1 day

One raped One sexual harassment

One kidnaped One killed 17 dowry deaths

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Discrimination in socialisation.

Discrimination in Power and Work Distribution. Ignorance of Womens Health. Decline in female population.

Gender discrimination in occupation and public life.

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Discouragement to go for higher education and also for technical and professional education.
Regional imbalance. Dropout of female children (59%). Highest female literacy 92.0% - Kerala. Lowest female literacy 53.3% - Bihar.
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Out of 100 women

52.59% - Illiterate. 28.56% - Upto Elementary level.

96% - Works under informal and unorganised sector.

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Harassment refers to the basic violation of an individuals rights

Types of Harassment faced by women : Economic exploitation. Threat of removal from job. More work to women. Less opportunities. Sexual harassment of women.
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Highest incidence of dowry in the past 10 years : Uttar Pradesh - 23,824 cases. Bihar - 13,548 cases. Delhi - 1582 cases.

Nagaland is the only state and Lakshadweep is the only Union Territory where no incidents of dowry are found.
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Census Year

Sex Ratio of total Population

Sex Ratio of children 0-6 years

1961
1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

941
930 934 937 933 940

976
964 962 945 927 914

Highest - Kerala - 1084, Pondicherry - 1038 - Dadra and Nagar Havelli 775, Daman & Diu - 618
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Low

According to the Indian Penal Code(IPC), the following sections relating to the women violence are defined :
1. Rape (Section 376). 2. Kidnapping and Abduction for specified purpose (Section 363, 373). 3. Homicide for dowry ,dowry deaths or their attempt (Section 302, 304B) 4. Torture both mental and physical (Section 498A) 5. Molestation (Section 354). 6. Sexual harassment (Section 509). 7. Importation of girls upto 21 years of age (Section 366).

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According to the 1986 legislation The indecent representation of Women Act in order to prevent the media from misrepresenting the women. An attempt to degrade and discredit women, insult and humiliate them, assassinate the character of women and pursuit them in an indecent manner is declared punishable. The provision of this Act are applicable to all the means of the mass media and also to advertisements, books, land bills, posters etc. Violation of this Act is liable for punishment which amounts to Rs. 2000 and 2 years of imprisonment.
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Exploitation of women in the media through cheap emotions Targeting womens body to get their things done and products advertised.
ATROCITY AGAINST WOMEN DOWRY COSTS A WOMENS LIFE

MASS RAPE OF A WOMAN

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN

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1. Coverage of Women Issues in the India immigrant press : a content analysis by Rashmi Luthra, School of Journalism and mass communication, University of Wisconsin Madisson Working Paper 138 (1987). 2. Essay on problems of women in modern India by Neha Pansare (2001). 3. National Crime Investigation record bureau report, 2010. 4. Indian Census, 2011
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