India and Gender Equality

 

Introduction

Gender partiality is a vast concept in India. Every one in three girls is missing in India due to sex selection. The mentioned ratio may look mere but if we see it on a larger scale, 46 million females go missing in India every year. In the same way, a huge number of transgender children are abducted in India every year. Gender partiality has caused the country to suffer a huge imbalance in the population. The majority of homes in India prefer sons in the family which results in the loss of women and transgender people. Although many measures have been taken up by the Government, still we lack in the provision of equality.

 

Why inequality?

The sick mentality of people causes them to standardize the abilities of a gender. ‘Females are supposed to take care of home and kids, not work’; ‘It’s a man’s job to work and earn, home-caring isn’t their part’. Such judgements result in uplifting partiality among different sexes.

Girls are moulded to be future moms, they are expected to cook, clean, behave ‘properly’, talk ‘softly’ and choose a feminine career, from their birth.

Why aren’t sons in the families reached out for cooking for the guests? The justification for people’s unsolicited advice is that cooking is a life skill; but why then, it isn’t imparted among young men?

The capabilities of a person don’t depend upon their gender, but the people who misunderstand the birth of a female or a male or a transgender, go on working with a stereotypical mindset.

For instance, boys are told to not cry, girls are told to help with household chores, etc. These things state that society often depicts the extent of capabilities a person is allowed to show the world. Hence, the real potential gets placed under the blanket just too repeatedly.

 

Measures & Progress

To end social evils like child abduction, we need to contribute together where people should work without greed. No son’s father should widely demand dowry from the girl‘s family. This extensive wealth approach is the top-most factor that causes people to look negatively at the birth of a girl-child.

The emotions of males shouldn’t be considered exceptional, also, it isn’t hereditary for only a man to earn. They can be good home caretakers too.

Transgenders shouldn't be made the centre of attention in a crowd, which often happens as people point them out. Think and act, y'all. They too are humans, they too have emotions, they too have a heart that understands, it does feel odd.

Equal opportunities to three of the genders should be provided. There should be no social, cultural or civic limitations, rather, if the administration is fairly handled, India will be able to achieve all the SDGs.

India is progressing and handling itself well in terms of Gender Inequality than a few nations where people still are protesting backbreakingly to achieve equality.

Summary

Gender Equality is a fundamental right. In today’s date, the scenario is far better than what it used to be. Women are capable of joining forces, travelling the moon, etc. A little more effort will help our country to be DISCRIMINATION FREE.  

Standing together and contributing in the progress will help us in being considered one of the best nations across the globe.

Working with maturity and properly implementing the schemes launched by the government in the proper way is needed.

Let’s join hands and understand the power of our thoughts.

This article was written by me as a part of an event organised by Youth Forum Switzerland (YFS) and later got published in my school's E-Magazine. I thought it was worth putting it up here. 

This content is deliberate and might as well invite objection or criticism. I want to clarify that I do not intend to hurt anybody's sentiments or personal beliefs. The data is based on factual observation and aims to aware people of Gender Equality in India.

!Smiles!

~Ruhani Bachhal