{"id":3751,"date":"2023-06-28T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2023-06-28T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:00:35","slug":"women-empowerment-and-gender-justice-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/women-empowerment-and-gender-justice-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Empowerment and Gender Justice in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Women empowerment and gender equality are two terms that have become pronounced in boardrooms, global summits, and even the panchayats of villages in India. But what do they stand for? What exactly do they mean?<\/p>\n

It is commonly misunderstood that women empowerment<\/a><\/strong> is limited to giving women the freedom to vote, study, work, and become self-sufficient while gender equality<\/strong> is about considering women equal to men and providing them with the same rights as men.<\/p>\n

These two terms are short yet they cover a wider and deeper set of challenges that women deal with on a daily basis. This not only affects women at a personal level but the entire world at all\u2013 physical, social, psychological, and economic levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Telling Reports About Women’s Position<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The world is progressing towards achieving gender equality but the pace is deeply concerning. At the current rate of progress, it may take another 286 years to remove discriminatory laws and close prevailing gaps in legal protections
for women and girls, says a recent UN report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As per a report by World Economic Forum, the world economy loses $12 trillion every year due to gender inequality and the violence that women face. The resources and energy spent on preventing violence against could be utilized in making a more sustainable civilization, if violence against women did not exist.<\/p>\n

This, sadly, isn\u2019t the case. Even though more women-focused and friendly laws and cultural spaces are being constructed every day, the present world is far from being a women-friendly space. In India itself, while the GDP rate was between 6-7% in the last decade, the participation of women in labour force reduced from 30% (in 2001) to 24% (in 2022)<\/a>, as per World Bank.<\/p>\n

Women empowerment, gender equality, and gender justice are definite ways to tackle known challenges like child marriage, domestic violence, rape, murder, dowry, etc. The current world order also needs to address the pay gap<\/a>, workplace mental violence, social and cultural injustice, and legal rights to work and hold property.<\/p>\n

As per World Economic Forum, globally, 33,000 girls are married before they turn 18; women are 47% more likely to get severely injured in a car injury because the car safety features are designed for men. Women spend 40 billion hours on unpaid labour in doing domestic chores.<\/p>\n

Fewer than a third of UN member states have ever had a woman leader, says a report.<\/a> If women are not in prime decision-making roles, the gender lens is never going to shift towards women and the policies are still going to be male-centered. For solid interventions to happen on the ground, robust policies envisioned by strong women leaders need to be in place first.<\/p>\n

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