Women Change The World

Stereotypes about what women can or cannot do affects women’s right to equality because they are termed weak and incapable of doing strong work. It is because of this reason that women are called inferior to men. They are paid less salaries / wages than their man counterparts.

Learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya because after learning alphabet they could achieve their goals and fulfill their dreams and contribute the society.

• Rashsundari Devi: Wrote “Amar Jiban”, first autobiography written by an Indian woman.
• Ramabai: She set up a mission in Khedagaon where widows and poor women are taught variety of skills from carpentry to running a printing press.
• Rokeya: She started a school for girls in Kolkata in 1910 and thus helped other girls to get education.

The statement in question is not true because of the following reasons:

1. There is no facility in rural areas especially in Adiwasi areas.
2. Not even any proper school nearby their villages.
3. No teacher in the schools.
4. No school nearby their homes.
5. No transport facilities for going to the school which are generally far away.
6. Families are too poor to afford schooling expenses.
7. Discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, religion and sex.
8. Preference to boys only for education.

The two methods of struggle that women’s movement used to raise issues are –

1. Raising awareness through street plays, songs and public meetings.
2. Protesting through public rallies and powerful way of drawing attention to injustice.

I would like to choose raising awareness because I think violation is not a justified method against this.