changing status of women in the society
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Changing status of women in the society:A survey on health and education of women in slum area jari mari
RESEARCH STUDENT: AAFREEN SHAH ( MA-ECONOMICS) SK SOMAIYA DEGREE COLLEGE.
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Importance of education
Importance of education for a womenWomen empowerment,Independency- freedom to take right decisions
in life,Concious about her rights & health,She Respect of the dignity of womenhood &
appreciates the daughters in the same way,Development and growth of family in right
direction,Participation in family decision making and
advise to her husband.(behind every successful men there is a women),
Overall Economic and social development.
Critical issuesParaya dhan,Dowry,Child marriage,Caste system,Parda system,Early marriage.
Critical issues related to poor health of women in societySon preference-expected to care
for parents in their old age,expectation for birth of son- less
care and love by parents,Mistreatment of girls- dowry cost,Illiteracy.
Women in india face the health issues like:MalnutritionsReproductive health,HIV/AIDSBreast cancerLack of maternal health
Malnutrition Due to the low social status of
Indian women, their diet often lacks in both quality and quantity. Women who suffer malnutrition are less likely to have healthy babies.
In India, mothers generally lack proper knowledge in feeding children. Consequently, new born infants are unable to get adequate amount of nutrition from their mothers.
Facts about maternal mortalityIndia witnessed nearly 20% of
maternal deaths worlwide between 1992-2006
The primary reasons for the high levels of maternal mortality are directly related to disparities of economic conditions and cultural constraints limiting access to care
Psychological and social problems The suicide rate in india is five times higher
than that of the developed nations The rate of suicide has been found to be
higher in women as campared to that of menThe most common reasons for women’s
suicide is directly related to:o Depression,o Anxiety,o Gender discrimination,o Domestic Violence,o Physical, psychological, and sexual voilence.
FACTSAccording to the report of crime bureau
of the central home ministryo Women is getting kidnapped every 44
minuteso Raped at every 47 minuteso 17 dowry deaths every day etcThey may face voilence within the the
family( dowry related harassment or death,marital rape,deprivation of healthy food,female genital mutilation etc)
UNICEF actions in maharashtra towards girls education and healthUnicef in partnership with the
maharashtra government to address range of the state’s challenges
o Chief among them is malnutrition,o Intervention that promote nutrition in mothers during pre-
pregnancy, Early and exclusive breastfeeding and
complementary feeding in children younger than 3 years.
UNICEF actionsUNICEF in partnership with state
and district education department has piloted a quality education initiative in KGBV (kasturba gandhi balika vidyalaya) educational facilities for girls
It has also promoted platforms like meena raju manch (child cabinets) to address gender inequity in 22000 upper primary schools across the states.
JARI MARI : A SLUM AREAJari Mari is a slum area adjacent
to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shiva international airport and popular for scrapers and textile industries.
Discussion with the director of NGO-JAGRUTI KENDRA MAHILA MANDAL 28th january 2016
The NGO is working from last 26 years in this area
The NGO is conducting health care campaign monthly
Every month the NGO conducts a session to bring awareness about education and health
Legal cell – 3-4 cases of domestic voilence per week
Bachat gat -1500 women’s
SAHYOG- NGO
Initiative of chetak trust,Started its journey in the year 2000 , Improving the marginalised status of
communities through social change,Work spread-dindoshi,kurla-ghatkopar,govandi,mankhurd,Over a period of 10 years, more than 800
girls, 10-16 years old passed through the 2 nonformal schools set up in jari mari (kurla-andheri), dindoshi (goregaon east).
SPREAD OF LITERACY & NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
IILITERATEPRIMARY EDUCATION
SSC PASSEDHSC PASSED
GRADUATEPOST GRADUATE
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Spread of Education level
Spread of Education level
Most of the women's in the area are illiterate and have attended only the primary education. There is only 1 municipal school and 4 private schools i.e ST JUDE’S HIGH SCHOOL, KARTIKA SCHOOL, GULSHAN E MILLAT AND LITTLE FLOWER, there are 15 teachers in the municipal school the school provides the primary education only up till standard 5.There are only 2 % of women's attended UG and PG each, they are unemployed and parent depended
Marital & employment status of an educated women
married
unmarried
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Marital status of an educated women
Marital status of an educated women
Married
unmarried
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Employment status
parent dependentself employedHouse wifes
Marital and employment status of primary educated women
Married
Unmarried
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Marital status
marital status
Married
Unmarried
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Employment status
parent dependentself employedhouse wifes
Marital & employment status of Illilterate womenAll the womens are marriedNon of them are working & all are
house wifes.
Over all medical checkups & number of children’s
LITERATE
PRIMARY EDUCATED
ILLITERATE
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Medical checkups
YearlyHalf yearlyMonthly
ILLITERATE
LITERATE
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Number of children's
more than 3 childrens3 childrens2 childrens1 child
Service of government in this area
Private schools
Municipal schools
private hospitals
municipal hospitals
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Quality of services
POORGOOD
SERVICE OF GOVERNEMENT
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Service of government
POORGOOD
Health issues & psychological problems
SUFFERING FROM THYROID,DIABETES,BLOOD PRESSURE,AND OTHER HEART DISEASES
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Health issues
NOYES
SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION AND HYPERTENSION
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
psychological problems
NOYES
Suggestions
As maximum of women’s are illiterate there is a need for initiating educational programs not only for a girl child but also for an adults.
To uplift the society there is a need for promoting development of women's and that is possible only through education and better medical and health care facilities.
Health services need to be improved in municipal hospital. There is a need to open up more municipal hospitals with qualified
doctors,better medical equipments and health care services. Creating new setup of skill development courses for creating
employment opportunities for women's. Not only on government but women's too at an individual and group
level must start up something based on talent they equipped. Municipals schools needed to be well organised and managed and
must be open up a gate for secondary and higher educations. Private schools needed to reduce their fees as the income level is
very low. The NGO’s must coduct more programs and campaign in a week
rather than once a month Counselling cells are needed to be formed for providing a peaceful
environment and reducing stress.
conclusion
There is a lack of awareness about importance of health and education, maximum women's are found to be illiterate suffering from various disease living their life in depression etc, with a right education women's get to know about their rights they can raise their voice against the violence happening on them, maximum makes their habits of suffering until an unless they won’t get educated they can’t improve their quality of life, NGO’S are working but the government is actually sleeping, SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN an initiation towards promoting education formed but still not implemented in actual sense, the government need to take the issue more seriously,. an educated women's knows the value of a quality life, controlling birth rate, she respect the dignity of womanhood care for herself and also her entire family, when a women is educated the entire family gets educated with her.