Constitutional Guarantees: The Unequal Sex
Published By: CWDS on eSS | Published Date: September, 14 , 1986Long before Independence, the theme on which Gandhiji wrote repeatedly, was the
need to improve the status of Indian women. He drew attention to the fact that the
woman was ‘not only.... condemned to domestic slavery but when she goes out as a
labourer to earn wages though she works harder than man she is paid less”. He
emphasised the fact that women should not suffer from any disability or
discrimination and drew attention to the fact that “what we are doing to our women
and what we are doing to our untouchables recoils upon our heads with force
thousand times multiplied”.
Author(s): Lotika Sarkar | Posted on: Sep 14, 2010 | Views(1173) | Download (605)