WOMEN CHANGE THE WORLD

CLASS-VII                           SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE-II

CHAPTER 5.       WOMEN CHANGE THE WORLD

•        Efforts by women movement to change discrimination

•        Farmer, teacher, scientist, pilot

•        83.6% working women are engaged in agriculture work

•        Women are better as nurse, linked to women role in family

•        Due to stereotyping that science requires technical mind- girls lack this field like engineering

•        Stereotype- when we believe on religion, wealth, language are bound to have certain fixed characteristics or can only do a certain type of work

•        Some likes to face challenges

•        Boys asked to go for science subject for career pursuit

•        Boys asked not to cry at an early age

Past

•        Skill of reading and writing was known to few

•        Children learn work with families e.g women collected mud and prepared earth for pots, not operated wheels so were not potters

•        Education and learning ideas emerged

•        Schools become common

•        Girls now sent to schools for education

Ramabai known as “Pandita”: never went to school but read and write Sanskrit. Established mission in Khedgaon near Pune in 1898, where widows and poor women were encouraged to become literate and independent- by learning skills for carpentry, printing press, etc.

Rash Sundari Devi (1800-1890) in West Bengal- Autobiography in Bangla “Amar Jiban”, first autobiography written by an Indian woman (housewife from rich landlord’s family).

RokeyaSakhawat Hossain: Rich family with lands, could read and wrote Urdu but not Bangla and English. Write with help of elder brother and sister. Wrote story titled sultan’s Dream in 1905 with a place called Lady land(women has liberty to study, work and inventions). In 1910, she started school for girls in Kolkata.

•        Girls living schools higher SC/ST as compared to General

•        Muslim girls in school for 3 years and other for 4 years

•        Lack of proper schools and teachers

•        Lack of transportation

•        Family cannot bear cost of education

•        Children leave schools as they are discriminated

Women Movement

Improvement in health, legal reforms and violence

Women movement- individual and collective efforts, diversity, passion and effort

Spread awareness

•        Street plays, songs and public meetings

•        Fight discrimination- protesting, raise voice against violation (break the laws), public rallies and demonstration

•        Seek justice

•        Campaign which lead to new laws

•        Legal protection

•        Protect against sexual harassment at work place and educational institution

•        Women groups spoke for dowry deaths in 1980 (Satyarani- active member)

•        Showing solidarity- with other women holding candles at Wagah borders

•        8^th March- International Women Day

 

 

 

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