“Struggle today, strength tomorrow”.
Hi friends, today I would like to share an essay about
women empowement in global world, how women leads different roles at home and
out side like job, business, politics, etc..But in ancient days, women in India
have faced many problems such as patriarchy in family and social restrictions
and pressures from society, caste based discrimination and socially no freedom,
inadequate facilities, poverty, powerlessness and exclusion etc.., However, the
new circumstances created by globalization are diverse, encompass all women in
the country and cover almost all aspects of their life like, Changing role
in work, Changing role in family, marriage etc. Let us discuss about women
leading role in our essay, prepare well friends, thank you.
Topic: Women in globalized India:
Globalization,
though a historical phenomenon, has significantly affected the world in the
last three decades. It is mostly discussed in an economic context but its
cultural effects have also been phenomenal. Almost every section and every
nation have been affected by it. It has put traditional societies and systems
in the doldrums. And the women in India are no exception. Indian
mythology gave a position of high reverence to the women.
It is
evident from the ancient tradition of worshiping the godess, and portrayal of
women as Durga, Kali etc. In fact there is hardly any prominent god in the
Indian culture without a better half. But the position enjoyed by the women in
mythology was seldom translated in to the reality. Though women occupied a
fairly respectable position in the society, their individuality was somewhat
curbed. This is clear from the codes of society provided in the manusmriti,
where a woman is expected to always accompanied by a man. And this subjugation
became more prominent in later times via customs like child marraige, sati etc.
The process of women empowerment started in 19th century via efforts
of the people, like Raja Rammohan Roy,
Iswar Chandra Vidya Sagar etc., and gained momentum during the independence
struggle. From there the process is in continuation but its pace in the last
three decades has been remarkable.
But, the
above assertion can't be said to be equally effective for different classes of
the women. The high caste and class, and middle class women were primarily the
victims of restrictive practices. But
their counterparts in the lower strata of the society were always working and had some degree of
autonomy in their lives. So the prime beneficiaries of the process of
globalization have been the women from the upper class and the middle class.
Moreover, the opportunities provided by the globalization also wanted a certain
educational qualifications. And the upper and middle class was in the position
to meet this requirement. And they were significantly benefited by the process.
This can be seen in presence of women at the top executive positions in many corporations
and presence of the middle class women in the thriving service sector,
especially IT, of the nation. Thus
globalization enabled economic empowerment of this section of the women group
and changed their lives significantly.
While, the
other section of the group, that is women
in rural areas, tribal areas and labour
classes has been mostly remained unaffected or at the receiving end of the
globalization. For example the women in rural sector have always worked harder
than their male counterparts and today also they are drivers of the
agricultural economy. Same is the case with labour class women. The women in
tribal societies who have always lived with autonomy, today face abuse and dis
empowerment due to destruction of their indigenous culture at the hands of
global corporations. This change in the economic status of the women,
particularly middle class, has also affected their traditional social role.
The role
of a woman in a traditional Indian
middle class society was primarily marked by her devotion. She was expected to
be a devoted daughter, wife and mother with little or no personal aspirations.
The globalization has dismantled this belief. Today she wants to live for
herself . This change has led to the destruction of traditional joint familial
framework of the Indian society which was based on the docility of the Indian
woman. The globalization has also increased the commercialization of women. So
in a society where women was to be venerated, have been objectified. This
objectification of the women and inherent patriarchal mindset of the society
has led to the conflicts.
The
patriarchal mindset of the Indian society makes it to look at a woman as a
dependent and when this belief is challenged there is an effort to confiscate
her aspirations. A clash between these aspirations and an effort to control
them is the basic reason for the crimes like honour killings or nirbhaya case.
It is also evident in the subtle discrimination faced by women in workplace and
increasing cases of sexual harrasment. The conflict is not only between the
society and women but also with in women.
There is
always an urge to be accepted by the society but at the same time full filling
ones dream. This is due to contratst between the set of values indoctrinated
since childhood and present time realities. These values demand a woman to be
docile, obedient and live for others. But at the same time the modern education
teaches her to be independent and bold. And the globalization provides her with
an opportunity to be the same. These contrasting demands split a woman in to
two parts where one of it wanting to go
with the tradition and other to embrace modernization. A very striking, and sad
example of this phenomenon is decreasing sex ratio in the section of population
which is better educated and empowered than other. This dichotomy in the two
roles has also left women confused and tensed.
For
instance, an economically independent woman would rarely take the personal
decisions like marriage or investment without the consent of her family and at
the same time will not like anyone else to interfere in her personal matters.
This dichotomy between actions and desires is a defining feature and problem of
a society in transition. And this
uncertainity will remain until society get established sets of values.
A transition in a society and culture as old as
India will be long and arduous process. And the result of this transition can't
be predicted but only watched. The beauty and problem of Indian culture is that,
nothing ever vanishes from its culture. It assimilates all new ideas but without
abdicating the old ones. Any transition in India whether in the caste relations
or religion have never been complete but only has adapted to the changing
times. Same is the situation of the women in a globalized India. The proper and
accurate analysis of the effect of globalization on the position of women will
only be possible in the hindsight. As of now, on one hand globalization has given the
women an opportunity to spread their wings and touch the sky of their ambitions,
and on the other hand objectified them and have made them vulnerable to abuses.
Many women leads financial sectors in our
country, for example, Sikha sharma, Axis bank CEO,
HSBC, naina lal kidvai and HDFC, etc.. not only in financial sectors, but in politics also, for
example, Chief minister of west bengal,
mamata benerjee, leftinent governer of puducheri, kiran bedi, our union defence
minister nirmala sitaraman etc..and Many public servants, in army, navy
etc..women leads a great role in national and international sports also, P.V.sindhu, sakshi malik etc..won medals for out country.
Indira
nui for pepsi-co chairman, padmasri varior for sisco systems and recently our
indian women divya surya devara appointed as CFO for general motors in USA, and
many more indian women plays leading roles in MNC’s, deans in top most
universities, politics, not only in India, but also in the world wide. These
all examples showing how women empowering world wide. A famous said by hillary
clinton “Women are the
largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world”.
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