Patriarchy has been seen as that cause for most issues that women have been facing over the years. Working on any issue around women is incomplete without working on the cause – Patriarchy Most organizations approach patriarchy with training for men and also by creating campaigns on awareness building towards women’s issues.
Patriarchy against women includes issues around:
Preference of boys over girls at Indian homes
Female feticide and infanticide – age-old evils
Restrictions imposed on girls from the beginning
Immobility of girls when they mature
Differential treatment of boys and girls in the same home
Early marriage of girls
Dowry system
Sexual harassment
Lack of education among girls – esp post high school
Early childbearing
Malnutrition
Domestic violence by husband and in-laws
Labour laws in favour of men
Glass ceiling in corporate
Under 10% representation of women in senior jobs and in Government
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