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East and West Encounter Feminism Thoughts

Author(s) Dr. Basavaraju. B
Country India
Abstract Feminism in India is a set of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women in India. It is the pursuit of women's rights within the society of India. Like their feminist counterparts all over the world, feminists in India seek gender equality: the right to work for equal wages, the right to equal access to health and education, and equal political rights. Indian feminists also have fought against culture-specific issues within India's patriarchal society, such as inheritance laws.
The history of feminism in India can be divided into three phases: the first phase, beginning in the mid-19th century, initiated when male European colonists began to speak out against the social evils of Sati the second phase, from 1915 to Indian independence, when Gandhi incorporated women's movements into the Quit India movement and independent women's organisations began to emerge, and finally, the third phase, post-independence, which has focused on fair treatment of women at home after marriage, in the work force and right to political parity
Despite the progress made by Indian feminist movements, women living in modern India still face many issues of discrimination. India's patriarchal culture has made the process of gaining land-ownership rights and access to education challenging. In the past two decades, there has also emerged a trend of sex-selective abortion. Indian feminists, these are seen as injustices worth struggling against.
Keywords Gender equality, suffrogate, feminist movement, patriarchal system, male centric dominated society, self-reliance, and independence
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-10

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