SOCIAL

PROBLEMS
By Meghna Jain
C.S.-A3
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY THE WORD
“SOCIAL
PROBLEMS”?
 Social problems are
the problems which are
created :
o By the society
o For the society
o Within the society
 SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
FACED BY
INDIAN WOMEN
 Our first Prime Minister,
Jawaharlal Nehru said, "you
can tell the condition of a
nation by looking at the
status of its women".
CONDITION OF INDIAN
WOMEN
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Our country is on the high
roads of success, but still for a
women her life is a battle for
survival and dignity from her
birth to her death.
PROBLEMS FACED
o Female foeticides.
o Neglect during Childhood.
o Early marriage.
o Dowry.
o Atrocities on women.
o Gender bias.
o
o
 FEMALE FOETICIDES
While the Goddess is welcomed with open
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arms, our doors are shut tight for the girl

child.
o The murdering of an unborn girl child is
termed as female foeticides which is a
common scenario in almost all the
villages.
o For the want of a male child, an unborn
girl is brutally killed even before she
gets a chance to see the world.
o Our present sex ratio : 923 females per
 NEGLECT DURING
CHILDHOOD
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o Disparity in education
o Inadequate nutrition
o Lack of love and affection
o from infancy till the age of 15 the
death rate for female child far
exceeds the mortality rate for
male child.
 EARLY MARRIAGE
o Getting married before attaining full
mental and physical maturity.
o Maternal Mortality.
o In rural India almost 70 per cent of girls
are married before they are 18. Nearly
56 per cent of married girls bear
children before they are 19.
 DOWRY
o Dowry is defined as the property, which a
man receives from his wife or her family at
the time of his marriage.
o The amount of dowry is regulated by factors
like boy's service and salary, social and
economic status of the girl's father, the
social prestige of the boy's family,
educational qualifications of the girl and
the boy, girl's working and her salary,
girl's and boy's beauty and features,
future prospects of economic security, size
and the composition of the girl's and boy's
ATROCITIES ON WOMEN
o Domestic violence.
o Mistreatment.
o Women trafficking.
o Eve teasing.
o Sexual harassment:-In every ten-rape case, six are
of minor girls. In every seven minutes a crime is
committed against women. Every 26 minutes a
woman is molested. Every 34 minutes a rape
takes place. Every 42 minutes a sexual
harassment incident occurs. Every 43 minutes a
woman is kidnapped. And every 93 minutes a
woman is burnt to death over dowry. One-
quarter of the reported rape victims are under
the age of 16 but the vast majority are never
reported due to fear of facing social stigma.
 GENDER BIAS
o Status of Widows, Divorcees.
o Equal pay for equal work.
o Property rights.
o Overworked.
 PROGRAMMES FOR
WOMEN WELFARE
o Marriage Legislation
o The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
o The Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal
Act,1946
o The Hindu Marriage Validity Act, 1949
o The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
o The Special Marriage Act, 1954
o The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act, 1856
o The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
o Socio-Economic Programme
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o Rural women's Development and
Employment Project
o Development of Women and Children
in Rural Areas (DWCRA)
o Indira Mahila Yojna
o Balika Samriddhi Yojna
o Plan of Action to Combat Sexual
Exploitation of Women and Children
o National Commission for Women
o National Women Fund
o Mahila Samriddhi Yojna
STATISTICS TESTIFYING THE
BRUTALITIES AFFLICTED ON
WOMEN FOLK
 WHAT WE NEED TO
DO…
o Injustice begins at home.
o Women up-liftment should start at
the root level.
o Social stigmas and taboos need to
be dealt with.
o Proper social and financial support
system needs to be created.
QUERRIE
S
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 Do you have
 any
THANKS