Women Empowerment & Safety

Women Population in India: Females accounts for 48.05% of the total population at 675 million.

Women Farmers: Women make up about 33% of cultivators and about 47% of agricultural laborers in rural India.

  • Women have just a dismal 12.8% of land holdings despite being crucial to the whole production chain.

Women & Political Representation: The 17th Lok Sabha (2019) has the highest proportion of women.

  • Women represent 14.44% of the total members of the Lok Sabha. As of October 2021, Women represent 10.5% of the total members of the Parliament.
  • India ranks 141st out of 191 nations in terms of the proportion of women ....
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