Women’s Status in India.


It was a sunny afternoon when I and my friends were shopping and then decided to go to some good restaurant and have lunch, suddenly I  saw a girl of my age with two small children of age between 2-3yrs in her arms and more 2 children following her while crossing the road. At first we thought that they might be her siblings but when she started begging to us at that time we came to know that she is mother of those children.  It was the time when I realized that I am so lucky that my parents gave me opportunity to be educated and tried to make me successful in life.

That day when I went back to hostel I did some survey on the status of women in Indian society. It brought me to a striking facts like
• half of the girls who live in developing cities will be married by their 20th birthday.
• According to UNICEF’s “State of the World’s Children-2009” report, 47% of India's women aged 20–24 were married before the legal age of 18, with 56% in rural areas. The report also showed that 40% of the world's child marriages occur in India.
• Girls between 13 and 18 years of age constitute the largest group in the sex industry. It is estimated that around 500,000 girls below 18 are victims of trafficking each year.
• 1,400 women die every day from pregnancy-related causes, 99 per cent of them in developing cities.  The maternal Mortality Rate  of  girls is more as compared to boys.
• Girls are the victims of domestic violence, either from her parents, husband any member of family.