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NCERT Class 7 Political Science Chapter 5: Women Change the World
Efforts by Women Movement to Change Discrimination
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Farmer
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Teacher
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Scientist
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Pilot
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83.6% - working women are engaged in agricultural work
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Women are better as nurses – linked to women role in family
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Due to stereotyping that science requires technical mind – girls lack this field like engineering
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Stereotype: When we believe that people belonging to particular groups based on religion, wealth, language are bound to have certain fixed characteristics or can only do a certain type of work.
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Some like to face challenges
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Boys asked to go for science subjects for career pursuit
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Boys asked not to cry at an early age
Past
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Skill of reading & writing was known to few
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Children learnt work with families
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E.g., women collected mud & prepared earth for pots, not operated wheels so were not potters
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Education & learning ideas emerged
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Schools became common
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Girls now sent to schools for education
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Ramabai known as ‘Pandita’: Never went to school but read & write Sanskrit. Established Mission in Khedgaon near Pune in 1898, where widows and poor women were encouraged to become literate & independent – by learning skills for carpentry, printing press etc.
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Rashsundari Devi (1800–1890) in West Bengal: Autobiography in Bangla “Amar Jiban”, 1st autobiography written by an Indian woman (housewife from rich landlord’s family)
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Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: Rich family with lands, could read & write Urdu but not Bangla & English. Wrote with help of elder brother & sister. Wrote story titled Sultana’s Dream in 1905 with a place called Lady land (women has liberty to study, work & inventions). In 1910, she started school for girls in Kolkata.

Image of Literacy Percentage in India
Image of Literacy Percentage In India
Girls Leaving Schools: Higher in SC/ST as Compared to General
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Muslim girls in school for 3 years & other for 4 years
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Lack of proper schools and teachers
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Lack of transportation
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Family can’t bear cost of education
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Children leave school as they are discriminated
Women Movement
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Improvement in health, legal reforms & violence
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Women Movement: Individual & collective effort
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Diversity, passion & effort
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Spread awareness – street plays, songs & public meetings
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Fight discrimination – protesting, raise voice against violation (break the laws), public rallies & demonstrations
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Seek justice
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Campaigns which lead to new laws
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Legal protection
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Protect against sexual harassment at workplace & educational institutions
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Women groups spoke for dowry deaths in 1980s (Satyarani – active member)
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Showing Solidarity – with other women – holding candles at Wagah borders
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8th March: International Women Day
-Mayank