Out of the 187 countries on the gender inequality
index India is ranked number 132, which is even lower than Pakistan. With this
being said this article states that all countries in South Asia, not including
Afghanistan, were a better place for women than compared to India. Gender
inequality is especially relevant in India because it excludes women from
social opportunities. In India the sex ratio is off, with only 914 females
every 1000 males. Also the families in India prefer boys to girls. Another mind
blowing fact is that only 29 percent of Indian women above the age of 15 were
part of the country’s labor force, compared to 80 percent of men in the year of
2011. Education and health in India for women is also very low, compared to
males. In India only 26 percent of women above the age of 25 have received a
secondary education compared to 50 percent of men. In the United States 97
percent of women have received a secondary education which is even higher that
men at 94 percent. These statistics are outstanding and also extremely
heartbreaking.
When you look at how low and poorly these women have
it in India you wonder how and why things could be this bad. These women are
living in a country where they are barely even wanted, where baby girls are a threat
and more so at risk for dying because they are not males. Women are not
participating in the work force, nor are they getting a good education, or any
education if that. When it comes to women’s health, well these percentages are
not high either. For example, 200 women die every 100,000 childbirths where in
the United States it is only around 21. With inequality like this and women
being treated very unfairly in India it is hard to imagine or see what will
happen in the future. Although ratios are rising with women’s education in the
United States, we need to do something else about these other countries around
the world that are suffering
Meredith Casacchia
4-2-2013 11:22am
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