Status of Women in India and Women Rights in the Constitution of India

Abstract

Women of India today faced with new situations trapped by new problems and encountered with many challenges. The traditional male dominant Indian society has posed some problems to women which are really challenging for them to achieve equality. Gender discrimination is one of the manifestation of gender inequality. Indian society also men and women are never treated on par. Women are always discriminated against. This is due to traditional practice of gender discrimination. The practice of giving social importance to the biological differences between men and women is there everywhere. In some societies these differences are very much pronounced in others. Discrimination against women reflect the practice of giving preferential treatment and importance to male child. But in reality it has weakened not only the strength of the female community of India but also Indian society in general.