Wanita di India

Indeks Ketidaksetaraan Gender-2015[1]
Nilai	0.683 (2016)
Peringkat	87 dari 144[2]
Kematian ibu (per 100,000)	174
Wanita dalam parlemen	12.2%
Perempuan di atas 25 tahun dengan pendidikan menengah	35.3% [M: 61.4%]
Wanita dalam tenaga kerja	28% [M: 82%]
Indeks Ketimpangan Gender Global-2017[3]
Nilai	0.669
Peringkat	108 dari 144

Status wanita di India telah menjadi subjek pada beberapa perubahan besar sepanjang beberapa milenium lampau.^[4] Dengan penurunan status mereka dari zaman kuno sampai abad pertengahan,^[5][6] sampai promosi hak kesetaraan oleh beberapa reformer, sejarah mereka penuh warna. Di India modern, wanita memiliki jabatan tinggi yang meliputi Presiden, Perdana Menteri, Jurubicara Lok Sabha, Pemimpin Oposisi, Menteri Uni, Ketua Menteri dan Gubernur.

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Traces the beginnings of feminism in modern India to social and religious reform movements in Maharashtra, Western India.

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