2. Women Empowerment in Modern India Dr. Shruti Singh For centuries women were not treated equal to men in many ways. They were not allowed to own property, they did not have a Share in the property of their parents, they had no voting rights, and they had no freedom to choose their work or job and so on. Gender inequality has been part and parcel of an accepted male-dominated Indian society throughout history. Women were expected to be bound to the house, while men went out and worked. This division
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Social isolation in community-dwelling seniors Abstract In early August 2007, the Medical Advisory Secretariat began work on the Aging in the Community project, an evidence-based review of the literature surrounding healthy aging in the community. The Health System Strategy Division at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care subsequently asked the secretariat to provide an evidentiary platform for the ministry's newly released Aging at Home Strategy.After a broad literature review and consultation
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19.1 Introduction India is one of the developing nations of the modern world. It has become an independent country, a republic, more than a half century ago. During this period the country has been engaged in efforts to attain development and growth in various areas such as building infrastructure, production of food grains, science and technology and spread of education. The life expectancy has increased and many diseases have been controlled. However, there are many areas in which Indian society
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considering the discrimination based on religion, race, inhabitants, language or color, focusing from education, employment, and health services to various social issues.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action India is a country with a population over 1.18 billion having more than 8 different religions and more than 29 well defined regional languages and different dialects associated with each language that are spoken in 27 different states and 7 union territories. Discrimination on the bases
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that has broken out of the eggs and is eagerly waiting to spread out its wings in the open sky of freedom and hope.” Power of Youth Youth is the spring of Life. It is the age of discovery and dreams. India is of largest youth population in the world today. The entire world is eyeing India as a source of technical manpower. They are looking at our youth as a source of talents at low costs for their future super profits. If Indian youth make up their mind and work in close unity with working class
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INTRODUCTION We all know that discrimination is prevalent in our society even today and it continues with its detrimental effects on each one of us through our daily lives. We have witnessed discrimination in different aspects of life like inequality in income distribution, religion and race discrimination, discrimination in educational system, in sports, etc. But the most serious issue is the gender discrimination which has constantly degraded the values of society to which we belong. Among all
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GENDER DISCRIMINATION AT WORKPLACES AND SPORTS BY : Md Jayeadur Rahman (HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER) DATE : 6TH FEBRUARY 2012 MEMO OF TRANSMITTAL TO : WOMENS COUNCIL,BRISBANE FROM : Md Jayeadur Rahman ,HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER DATE : 6TH FEBRUARY 2012 SUBJECT : GENDER DISCRIMINATION AT WORKPLACES AND SPORTS
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become men” (Rabindranath Tagore, Letters from Russia) The debate on affirmative action in India is long and not always geared to the desired aim: creation of equality of opportunity. Just like Indian secularism, reservation system in India has always a different political aim to make the system more unequal than what it is. Indian secularism, rather than making the state independent of religion, is intended to provide
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AA in India is debatable for three reasons • There is considerable argument over the assessment of caste disparities, the reason behind the existence of AA. • There is a larger debate about whether caste is the valid indicator of backwardness or should it be defined
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same rights. Ever is an absolute term. First mean point: it is possible as there are obvious improvement in social area today compare to the past. However, there are improvements does not mean that gender inequality can be totally eliminated. (India gender parity index has improved from 0.464 in 1975 to 0.918 in 2010. ) Second mean point: gender equality is possible as there are measures to protect woman’s rights. However, this is only for those developed country, for those third world countries
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