The Indian women

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The Indian women

• A short presentation by Anna Svenja

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Content

• Dress of the Indian women
• Marriage / History
• Dowry
• Constitutional Rights
• Womens contribution to the economy

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Dress of the Indian women

• wear sari
• Cloth ranging from four to nine metres in length
  that is draped over the body in various styles.

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Marriage / History

• bevor 19th century
• child marriages
• no inter-caste marriages
• the girl became part of the husbands family
• Polygamy
• 19th century
• Monogamy
• sound mind
• marriageable age ( bridge 18, bridegroom 21)
• no close relation between the two parties

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Marriage / History

• abolished Sati
• voidable if
• not monogamy
• not sound mind
• not a marriageable age
• close relation
• impotence

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Dowry

• Beginning presents for the departing daughter
• usually resources to begin her new married life
• slowly developed to extraordinary size
• grooms family gives a list to brides family
• bride has to give otherwise no marriage
• today it is forbidden ? 6 month prison
• reason behind this custom
• poor economical conditions
• unawareness of legal rights among women
• general bias against women

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Dowry -
some images
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Constitutional rights

• guarantees equality of sexes
• Article 14 equal protection of the laws
• Article 15 government shall not discriminate on
  the ground of sex
• Article 15a renounce the practices derogatory to
  the dignity of woman
• Article 42 provision for ensuring just and human
  working conditions and maternity relief

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Womens contribution to the Economy

• most women work but it is not documented in
  official statistics
• working on farm (plow fields)
• household industry (weave)
• informal sector
• about 90 of working women
• very low payment
• like small trader or artisan

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Womens contribution to the economy

• recent years
• find more and more themselves in positions of
  respect and prestige
• more and more women work on equal terms as men
• women also party to governance
• participate more often in politics
• relatively many elected women

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Images of the work of Indian
women
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