A Study on Dalit Women Movement in Tamilnadu Even as we are in the 21st century, caste discrimination, an age- old practice that dehumanizes and perpetuates a cruel form of discrimination continues to be practiced. India where the practice is rampant despite the existence of a legislation to stop this, 160 million Dalits of which [...]
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Pakistan: Status of Women & the Women’s Movement
Pakistan: Status of Women & the Women’s Movement Four important challenges confronted women in Pakistan in the early 1990s: increasing practical literacy, gaining access to employment opportunities at all levels in the economy, promoting change in the perception of women’s roles and status, and gaining a public voice both within and outside of the political [...]
Pregnancy Issues With Smoking
Pregnancy Issues With Smoking Smoking habit interferes with the potency levels in the women affecting it adversely. So, women must quit smoking to avoid pregnancy issues. It has been noted that women who smoke a lot fail to conceive. Many such cases have been reported by the sexual health organizations all over the world. The [...]
Ethics towards Women Empowerment
Ethics towards Women Empowerment ETHICS TOWARDS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT In the 21st century, women enjoy more freedom and power than ever before. However, they are still disadvantaged when compared to men in virtually all aspects of life. Women are deprived of equal access to education, health care, capital, and decision making powers in the political, social, [...]
Sexual Fitness for Women Using Mind & Body
Sexual Fitness for Women Using Mind & Body Like men, sexual health is an important aspect of your life. Although you may not think about sex or connect sexuality to your ego as men do, it remains a very important facet to quality of life. As a consultant to a dietary supplement company writing educational [...]
Sexual abuse against women and children
Sexual abuse against women and children When we talk about sexual abuse, there will be lots of question that come to our mind. Sexual abuse means any contact or interaction physical, visual, verbal or psychological between children or adolescent and an adult when they are used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or any [...]
Floods and Aftermath: Opportunities for Women
Floods and Aftermath: Opportunities for Women Floods and flood aftermath both have further aggravated the issue of gender discrimination and underprivileged status of women in Pakistan. The women have been affected, physically, morally, psychologically, and financially. This indispensible fact portrays a grave picture of circumstances that destitute women had to go through and would be [...]
Women?s Political Struggle in Nepal: a Shared History of South Asia
Women?s Political Struggle in Nepal: a Shared History of South Asia Dr.Kedar Karki Nepal is a small, landlocked Himalayan State, placed between India and China. Its population of over 18 million is predominantly rural. Since its unification 200 years ago, Nepal has been a monarchy. In the 18th century, the warrior king Prithvi Narayan Shah [...]