What did UNICEF find out violence due to social norms?
52% of women in India believe it is justifiable for a man to beat his wife
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How many in modern slavery?
estimated 14.3 million (mainly women and girls) in 2014 - includes trafficking for sexual exploitation, early forced marriage and forced labour
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Property Ownership
Women have few rights in ownership of land and property as inheritance is invariably patriarchal
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Employment opportunities
limited access for women as expected to stay at home, raise children and conduct domestic chores. Rural poor often work in sustenance farming. Even those with secondary and tertiary education don't work
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Discrimination in the workplace
maternity benefits denied by employers so they don't return to work after childbirth.
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What % of women return to work in Dehli?
25%
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Political participation
Women poorly represented in government
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What % of parliament are women in Los Sabha?
11%
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Access to healthcare
Discrimination due to cultural norms
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Access to education - what % of girls attend primary
70% and even less at secondary - due to opposition from families, poverty and menstruation
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What are the consequences of this gender inequality?
Dowry deaths and demands, honour killing and violence, IMR, MMR and health, selective abortions and strerilisation
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Government response
The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, The Dowry Prohibition Act, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act
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Is it changing?
Middle class are moving away from these norms
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What did UNICEF find out violence due to social norms?
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52% of women in India believe it is justifiable for a man to beat his wife
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