Free Essays on Women Education In India

  1. Literacy Rates Affecting Women and Development in India

    Rates Affecting Women and Development in India Jawaharlal Nehru once said that you could tell a lot about the development of a nation by looking at the status of its women. This is often a very good indicator of development especially when looking at the literacy levels of the women in a particular...

  2. Status of Women in India

    discrimination against women in India: • Malnutrition: India had exceptionally high rates of child malnutrition, because tradition in India requires that women eat last and least throughout their lives, even when pregnant and lactating. Malnourished women gave birth to malnourished...

  3. Rights of and Restrictions on Women in India, China, and Japan

    Throughout history, women have been fighting a constant battle with men, and moreover, society. Rights would be granted to women, but restrictions would always follow. This eternal push and pull of the woman’s place in society lasted for many centuries. Women in Japan, China, and India were subject to similar...

  4. Women in Hinduism

    status of Hindu women today is a paradox. They are on the verge of empowerment and complete autonomy on one hand and trapped by the prejudices and beliefs of ancient times on the other. This situation must be seen from a historical perspective to be fully understood. The status of women and their activities...

  5. Women Empowerment

    Women Empowerment "When women are the advisor, the Lords of creation don 't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it and if it succeeds, they give...

  6. Democratisiation of Education

    Kerala, the Southern most state of India lies between Arabian Sea and Western Ghats, was emerged as a result of the merger of the Travancore Cochin State with the Malabar District and Kasargod Taluk of the former State of Madras. Kerala is a state unique in many respects. It has experimented...

  7. empowerment of women

    Empowerment of Women The subject of empowerment of women has becoming a burning issue all over the world including India since last few decades. Many agencies of United Nations in their reports have emphasized that gender issue is to be given utmost priority. It is held that women now cannot be asked...

  8. Oppression of Women in Sultana's Dream

    Opposites between India’s Culture and Oppression of Women Compared to Sultana’s Dream A utopia is defined as a “community or society possessing highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities.” (Wikipedia) In literature, utopias are usually associated with the western world. However, in her short story...

  9. Role of congregation sisters in the evangelical work at Pondicherry(India)

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR of HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL STUDIES KASTHURBA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN VILLIANUR, PUDUCHERRY 605 110 MOBILE: 9443723327 Email Id:ccraj18@gmail...

  10. Unesco-Higher Education in India-Vision N Action.Doc

    Higher Education in India Vision and Action Country Paper UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century Paris, 5-9 October 1998 Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO October 1998 This paper has been brought out by Indian National Commission...

  11. Adolescents in Transition in India

    play. Transition refers to a passage from one stage of development to another. The adolescent during transition is neither a child nor on adult. In India, adolescence is traditionally viewed as an age of learning and strengthening the moral, spiritual and intellectual basis. It is therefore, a period...

  12. Necessity of Reforms in Education

    Education system in India is in the need of reforms today and many reforms have aready been made in this connection by the higher authorities. Reforms in the field of education are more needed in the rural areas than in urbanized cities as in big cities several measures are taken every now and then...

  13. Higher Education

    Higher education system is essential for national, social and economic development of the country. There is a need of value based higher education system which empowers youth for self sustainability by inculcating employment skills and hence reducing poverty. India's higher education system is the third...

  14. women

    "When women are the advisor, the Lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it and if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if fails, they generously give herself the whole".- Louisa...

  15. Health Care in India

    Health Care in India In the writing “India”, author Perri Klass offers a powerful argument for the economic social determinants of health and the need to help the poor, vulnerable populations of the world. In her article, she describes a situation where she was unable to diagnose a case of tuberculosis...

  16. English Studies in India

    ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA: THE CRITICAL MOMENTS Rekha Pappu The investigation of the scope of English Studies within the matrix of a larger crisis that of higher education and the question- How English studies in India understands itself in such a situation is posed by the author Rekha Pappu....

  17. Women empowerment

    INEQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA All the countries in the world have inequalities, India however has a unique blend of lethal schisms and disparities prevalent at the societal, family, community, regional, religious, caste and economic basis. Caste has a peculiar role in India that makes it stand apart...

  18. An Ancient Trade of India

    AN ANCIENT BUSINESS IN INDIA “THE COIR TRADE” COIR INDUSTRY IN INDIA Indian coir industry is an important cottage industry contributing significantly to the economy of the major coconut growing States and Union Territories, i.e., Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Orissa...

  19. Muslims in India - Needs for Empowerment

    MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM 7 VADA MARAICOIR STREET, CHENNAI 600 001 INDIA TEL 91 44 25233884 FAX 91 44 25223868 Email tmmkpresident@desertmail.com | | Agenda Item No. 3 b SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MUSLIM MINORITY COMMUNITY IN INDIA Mr. Chairman, I thank you for giving me an opportunity...

  20. Women in Engineering

    the time the education of the girl child started, they were thought to be good at only humanities and English. Slowly and steadily, women emerged, breaking away from the shackles of myths and prejudices. They left their comfort zone, to face the barren truths and realities of the world. Women choose fields...

  21. The Progress of School Education in India

    An ESRC Research Group The progress of school education in India GPRG-WPS-071 Geeta Gandhi Kingdon Global Poverty Research Group Website: http://www.gprg.org/ The support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is gratefully acknowledged. The work was part of the programme of...

  22. Organize the Women

    Running header: Organize the Women Organize the Women By Karen Schwartz November 11, 2008 Ashford University Cultural Anthropology Professor Leslie Ruff The women of the Middle East need to organize against violence in their countries and...

  23. Essays-India 2020

    Report of the Committee on India Vision 2020 Chairman Dr. S. P. Gupta lR;eso t;rs Planning Commission Government of India New Delhi DECEMBER, 2002 d` " .k pUæ iUr K. C. PANT mik/;{k ;ks t uk vk;ks x Hkkjr DEPUTY CHAIRMAN PLANNING COMMISSION INDIA lR;es o t;rs FOREWORD ...

  24. Educational Reforms in India - 1

    Educational reforms in India since independence – Flaws & suggestions Education has been considered as one of the very important dominion in our national life. Education holds the important key for development and progress in every aspects of our existence, which starts from an integrated and synergic...

  25. The Subjugation of Women

    The subjugation of women has been a chronic and deep' rooted problem all over the world. The condition of women has continued to be far from satisfactory in our country too. Early nineteenth century saw the emergence of various socio-religious reform movements in India. In the social sphere, there...

  26. Women Driving in Ksa

    the government is not ready to let women drive. The people are not yet ready to let the women drive, and the economy (although benefitting from car retailing) would suffer because of the lack of interest from immigrant countries for working hands. We are all women here today. So let me ask you a question...

  27. Women for President

    Research Essay Women Running for President of the United States of America Hillary Rodham Clinton is the 21st woman to run for President and the first to have a real chance to win (Myers, 239). Whether or not you agree with her politics, women find it exciting that they may finally be getting a chance...

  28. Poverty in India

    Poverty in India Poverty is one of the major problems in India. It is the root cause of many socio-economic problems including population explosion, unemployment, and child labour and rising graph of crimes. Poverty...

  29. Women in Power

    Powerful Women in Today’s World Forbes, one of the most well-known magazines, infamous for its lists of wealthy, popular and powerful people and corporations, focused on women in August 2012, naming the top 100 most influential and powerful in the world. The list includes powerful political women, women...

  30. Judicial Activism in India: a Necessary Evil

    JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN INDIA: A NECESSARY EVIL Arpita Saha National Law University, Jodhpur, India ABSTRACT Judicial activism has always been a source of heated debate, especially in the light of recent developments in this regard. Over the last few years with various controversial decisions, judges of...

  31. Afghan Women: Left for Dead

    believed everyone was equal before God the Taliban did not.They took away rights and freedoms of women destroying their livelihood and their will to live. The Taliban didn’t care what was happening to these lonely women, nor did they care about what was going on in their hearts. The Taliban thought they were...

  32. China and India a Political comparison

    China and India a Political Comparison Thomas Hendricks POL353: Comparative Politics Instructor: Pamela Hunter 11/2/14 Introduction India and China are two very interesting and fascinating countries when one discusses their political systems, political cultures...

  33. reforms in education

    between Eastern and Western Coastal Plains 1. The Eastern Coastal plain lies along the east coast of India and is washed by the Bay of Bengal. But the Western Coastal Plain lies along the west coast of India and is washed by The Arabian Sea. 2. The East Coast plain runs smoothly from the north to the south...

  34. Forestry in India

    Forestry in India is a significant rural industry and a major environmental issue. Dense forests once covered India. As of 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations estimates world's forest cover to be about 68 dollar area, or about 20 % of the continent's area. In quantity terms...

  35. Jet Airway in India

    JETAIRWAYS IN INDIA INTRODUCTION: In July 2008, magazine ranked Jet Airways as the world's best long-haul airline after Singapore Airlines.[1] In a poll conducted by SmartTravelAsia.com in September 2008, it was voted as the world's seventh best airline overall.Jet Airways has also won a survey...

  36. Passage to India

    1. Introduction 1.1 The Questions to be Discussed The protagonists of E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India (1924) and Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient (1992) question their identities. Frantz Fanon claims that they go through different phases in order to become something (1993:40-41). This inevitable...

  37. RETAIL INDIA

    MBS1123 ●MARKETING MANAGEMENT Title: A Review of the growth,issues and challenges faced by India as an emerging economy in retail marketing. BY JASIR ABDUL RASHEED Academic Honesty Policy Statement I, hereby attest that contents of this attachment are my own work. Referenced works, articles...

  38. ECOSOC Resolution: Strengthening Health Education

    Forum: The Economic and Social Council Issue: Strengthening health education Student Officer: Yewon Kim Position: President Introduction According to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), “Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals...

  39. To Join

    [pic] Lecture Series No. 1, 2002: Education NEED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN RURAL AREAS OF INDIA By: Richard L. Ottinger Former Member, United States Congress Dean Emeritus Pace Law School 78 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 USA Phone: (914) 422-4121 FAX:  (914) 422-4180 ...

  40. Women Education 4

    Education in India has a history stretching back to the ancient urban centres of learning at Taxila and Nalanda. Western education became ingrained into Indian society with the establishment of the British Raj. Education in India falls under the control of both the Union Government and the states, with...

  41. History of Education in India

    ASSQQQQQQQEducation under British Rule British records show that indigenous education was widespread in the 18th century, with a school for every temple, mosque or village in most regions of the country. The subjects taught included Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Theology, Law, Astronomy, Metaphysics...

  42. Women in British Raj

    Title: Women of the Raj Author: Margaret MacMillan Publisher: Thames & Hudson (November 1988) 256 pages The “British Era” word often brings to our minds the memories and stories which are rather painful and we feel a strong sense dislike and hatred towards the foreigners who ruled us. We remember...

  43. women empowerment

    have gone through incidents and accidents with women in India. While any other article on women’s empowerment in India will take a look at our rich heritage and enlightened societies of the past where women were treated as equals, the concept of “India” itself evolved quite recently, relative to the...

  44. Where All Women Have Gone

    Where have all the women gone? Overcoming son preference in India remains a daunting challenge as even educated women are prone to it Have women fared better than men, and girls better than boys in the last decade or so? In the din over a dramatic reduction in poverty in the period 2009/10-2011/12...

  45. Condition of Women During the Gupta Empire

    of the Gupta dynasty from around 320 to 550 C.E and covered most of Northern India, parts of eastern Pakistan and what is now western India and Bangladesh. The time of the Gupta Empire is referred to as Golden Age of India in science, mathematics, astronomy, religion and Indian philosophy. The Gupta...

  46. crime against women

    respect, protect and nurture its women and children loses its moral moorings and runs adrift.” (The Hindu- Opinion Sept, 15 2012 ) Introduction: Centuries have come, and centuries have gone, but the plight of women is not likely to change. T ime has helplessly watched women suffering in the form of discrimination...

  47. Doing Business in India

    INDIA – DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA ITUL DAN-CATALIN India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the largest democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south...

  48. Cultural Differences Between India and Usa

    bound to seep in and influence the culture of organizations within its borders. There are numerous cultural differences between United States and India, and in this discussion I have divided cultural differences at a workplace into three different categories. The first one is the difference in work...

  49. Witchcraft and Women- Tracing the History of Sabotages

    WITCHCRAFT AND WOMEN- TRACING THE TRADITIONS OF SABOTAGES. Silas Marner, the protagonist in George Eliot’s novel by the same name was a strange man. Set in the 19th century England, this novel tells the story of a man called Silas, who had come from an unknown place (which we know...

  50. Censorship in India

    Ban ban you’re dead! Censorship in India. You name it, India has banned it. If the state overlooks something, the central government bans it. On some weeks it feels like we, as a nation, are frenetically trying to prove the big ban theory. In just one week in March this year it seemed that everything...

  51. Tupperware in India

    INTRODUCTION Tupperware is one of world's leading direct selling companies with the largest women network, which markets premium food storage, preparation and serving items. Tupperware is the brand name of a home products line that includes preparation, storage, and serving products for the kitchen...

  52. Social Evils 1

    religious practices as well. The condition of women was pathetic. The various religions practised in India as well as the personal laws based on them consigned women to a status inferior to that of men. Polygamy, sati , ban on widow remarriage, no education for female child, female infanticide, child marriages...

  53. value of children

    kuteure mpfique comment ka kanguc angkaisepeut s b t r e r economic structure" to play a particular role in the international division of labour. The women I describe in this article grew up speaking English in their home countries. un outif dbppression du Sudpar Ir Nord English in postcolonid Pakistan ...

  54. Raju

    INDIA OF MY DREAMS - by M Lokeswara Rao 30 Aug 2008 This story has been read 5898 times. Category: Others Topic: What do you think about the Reality-TV shows India of my dreams India got Independence on 15th August 1947, after the struggle of great freedom fighter who lost their lives and...

  55. Current Business Research Project Paper

    among women from several different countries. They surveyed women from different household incomes to where they live and how many children they may have. However, the study is mostly concerned with measuring the vulnerability to chronic energy deficiency among the women of Uttar Pradesh, India. The reason...

  56. Tv Programmes Choices

    Printable version 'If I were prime minister...' *As the world's largest democracy holds elections, BBC News Online asks people on the streets of India what they would do if they were prime minister. And keep sending us your views.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...

  57. Seagate strategy

    12 Table 1: Crucial Indicators of Social and Health Differences in Major Indian States 13 Figure 1: 14 Table 2: Innovations in different states of India at a policy level 15 Executive Summary In the era of automation and artificial intelligence, where creativity and innovation spin the wheel...

  58. Asian Wonen

    and motivated women leaders Corazon Aquino, Benazir Bhutto, and Indira Gandhi have been three of the most outspoken and influential women leaders. All becoming a political leader during a time when women were not seen to be in the political eye as capable of running a country. Each women set out to prove...

  59. Education Reforms Necessity

    Reforms in education a necessity Education Summit: Innovating for Excellence To bring to table the key issues affecting our school, vocational and higher education system, CII organized a national level Education Summit: Innovating for Excellence on 14 May 2007 at Vigyan Bhawan; New Delhi. The...

  60. India LGBT religion views

    community, many parts of the world are still very much against it. In particular, India is so rigidly against homosexual behavior that is punishable by law. Same sex marriage is against the law and since 1861 the India legal system has the authority to sentence an individual “convicted” of homosexuality...