Gender Equality and Women's Rights : A Study in Indian Constitution

Neha Kashyap

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.18338

Gender Equality and Women's Rights : A Study in Indian Constitution

Author(s)	Neha Kashyap
Country	India
Abstract	The concept of “Gender Equality” is a fundamental human right. Gender equality refers to the equality of responsibilities, rights, and opportunities for every human being. Every individual of the society yearns to achieve equal status and rights in their life. Indian Constitution gives fundamental rights and basics duties to the citizens of India. Women’s rights are recognized as a right in itself, a transformative tool for achieving progress in all other areas of social and economic development. In the present time women’s rights denote the gender equality, and that plays a pivotal role in society. Women’s rights in Indian Constitution leads to a transformation of the structural factors and that reduced gender inequality. Women are getting opportunities in every aspect in their lives, including political, social, economic and cultural. The main objectives of this research are to understand how women are getting their rights through Indian Constitution and to explore the issues and challenges for women.. This is a qualitative and secondary data based study. This paper also focused on how gender equality plays a role in Indian Constitution. Indian Constitutional articles defined equally rights for every human being; Constitution gives rights for being economically independent, for achieving equal status in society, and for equally participation in politics. This paper discussed about the important constitutional articles for gender equality in India. In this research some obstacles have defined on the path of women’s rights and gender equality. In the conclusion part, this paper has been described that Indian constitution mentions lots of articles for gender equality and human rights. Women’s social and economic conditions are improving through constitutional rights; now they have rights to live their life. But because of some strictly taboos and customs in society women are not utilizing their constitutional rights, and still they are facing gender inequality problems. And it can be seen that gender equality is a far cry. Women should be educated; through education, they will be aware of their rights and be able to utilize all those constitutional rights.
Keywords	Gender Equality, Women’s rights, Indian Constitution, Gender, Women
Field	Sociology
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024
Published On	2024-04-26
Cite This	Gender Equality and Women's Rights : A Study in Indian Constitution - Neha Kashyap - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.18338
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.18338
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gtsg6c

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