Women in India
The status of Indian women has radically changed since independence. Both the structural and cultural changes provided equality of opportunities to women in education, employment and political participation. India has been ranked 108th in World Economic Forum (WEF) gender gap index, same as 2017, while recording improvement in wage equality for similar work and fully closing its tertiary education gender gap for the first time.
Constitutional Provisions
- Article 14- Equality before law for women
- Article 15 (i)-The State not to discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
- Article 15 (3)-The ....
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