Thread: Gender gap in India

In the latest gender gap index report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) India keeps company with the worst in the world. Among the 128 countries that have been evaluated by the WEF India ranked 114 followed among others by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Chad and Yemen. India is still widely a patriarchal and feudal society. Families often snuff out the lives of girl children before or instantly after they are born.

The gender gap in India would continue to prevail unless people of India try to understand the importance of female in this male dominant society. The Female foeticides must be curbed at once by keeping a check at the hospitals and along with this people must be educated with the importance of having a female child.

Gender gap is a major hiderence in the progress of the nation. It is perevlant in India since olden times. India has patriarchal society and has dominated the women folk in all ways. All the crimes that are frequently happening against women should be protested and stoped. All social stigmas should be erassed off and the Govenment should becme more vigilant about it. Women should be given the due respect and provided the same social status as that of men.