Gender Power

CHANGING BALANCE OF POWER
Change is an ongoing or continuous process which leads to improvement or declination depends upon the effects of changes and the type of changes. As we know everything in the world is changing around us with a rapid rate, which is more facilitated by the technological advances.
India also encounters changes such as changes in the balance of existing powers like economic power, political power and gender power.
Among all the above verticals that is mentioned above, balance of gender power in the world, especially in India is really changing.
Gender shapes the lives of all people in all societies. It influences all aspects of our lives, the schooling we receive, the social roles we play, and the power and authority we command.
Gender refers to the different roles men and women play in society, and to the relative power they wield. In no society do men and women perform equal roles or hold equal positions of power. Gender inequality can compromise the basic health of women in poor families because they are the last in the household to receive food and medical care. Women were supposed to be the ones who look after their children while remain confined to their homes. They were not allowed to interact with the outer world, there were very working women.

Men are always considered to be superior, as at the home every critical decision is taken by the man of the family. Giving birth to daughter was treated as sin, as girls are supposed to be of no use and treated as burden on their families.

In recent years, Gender equality has gained wide acceptance as an important goal for many countries around the world. The growing support for and attention to gender equality is bolstered by the assumption that it would improve the lives of most people, especially those of women and children. Many now consider enhancing gender equality to be a vital component of population policies, as expressed by participants from 180 countries at the 1994...