1. Dowry demands are illegal in India, the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 enforces this.
2. In 1860 child marriage was outlawed, but it continues to be a big problem still today.
3. Due to infanticides and sex-selective abortions, the male to female ratio is a lot higher. All the tools to discover the sex of the baby have been banned in order to decrease the number of sex-selective abortions.
4. Devadasi is defined as a Hindu religious practice in which girls were "married" and dedicated to a deity, although in practice, they are also subject to providing sexual favors to the clergy. They used to be held in a high regard, but today due to the reforms in India they are looked at as prostitutes.
5. Due to the sex trafficking in India, there has been a rapid increase in HIV/AIDS in the country.
6. India has the world’s largest number of qualified female professionals. They have more women doctors, scientists, professors, and lawyers than the United States. They have the largest number of working women ranging from all skill levels.
7. In India men and women have the same life expectancy from birth.
8. The five main health issues that women in India face are reproductive health, violence, nutritional status, the unequal treatment of girls and boys (boys treated better), and HIV/AIDS
9. Women typically have little autonomy, they live first under their fathers, then their husbands, then finally their sons.
10. Women are viewed as strong economic burdens.
Human Rights for Women in India
http://www.indianchild.com/womens_human_rights_india.htm
Women in India
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Anita's Story
The story was about a young girl from a shanty town in India. At the age of 10, she found out that her mother was a Devdasi, a sex worker. Her mom died and she lived with her aunt. At the age of 12, she was taken to a temple to be dedicated to the Goddess Yallamma, from then on she was a Devdasi. Dhanda, or “business,” began when she hit puberty and she started off with two clients a day and eventually 10 to 15 per day. SANGRAM came and informed her of her rights and about HIV/AIDS. She fell in love with a man named Malak, when she found out she was pregnant she also found out that she was HIV-positive. She had a baby girl, but lost her three month old baby to pneumonia. She stopped doing Dhanda and began telling fellow devdasis the importance of using condoms to save their lives.
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SANGRAM is an organization working to address the address the HIV/AIDS epidemic and promotes women's rights
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