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Half of the brainpower on Earth is in the heads of women. Women empowerment is a debatable subject. At earlier time they were getting equal status with men. But they had faced huge difficulties during post-Vedic and epic ages. They were treated as a source of entertainment as well as a saleable property. Many a time they were treated as slave. From early 20th century (national movement) their statuses have been changed slowly and gradually. In this regard we can mention the name of the British people. Thereafter, the independence of Indian subcontingent and then independence of Bangladesh are happened. The farmers of the constitution and national leaders strongly demand equal position of women with men in all spheres of national life. Mainstreaming women through gender specific policies is an acknowledged precondition for achieving meaningful development in any developing country like Bangladesh.
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Road to development cannot be travelled without ensuring equality in labor market and equal pay for work. The attacking movement on gender inequality was initiated by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. He always stressed on somehow achieving women empowerment in Indian society. According to him, both sexes should be treated equal in front of the society irrespective of cast, creed, color and religion etc. The robust legislations and policies of women empowerment were incorporated by dr. Ambedkar in Indian constitution. The main aim of the paper is to elaborate the thoughts and views of B R Ambedkar in regard to gender inequality and his contribution towards achieving women empowerment.
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My review of Niamh Reilly's book on transnational feminist advocacy and activism: Women's Human Rights (2009).
As rightfully stated by Periyar E V Ramaswamy, a famous social activist: "Man treats woman as his own property and not as being capable of feelings, like himself." Even after 50 years of gaining independence, Indian women have been unable to get their freedom or enjoy their human rights. This is not the case of India alone. Women, around the world, are considered as inferior to men and are restricted from enjoying their human rights. They are harassed, tortured, raped, restricted, forced, killed etc. Besides sexual harassment, rape, torture etc., women are facing many other tortures also.
"Women and Positive Rights." PHAVISMINDA Journal Volume 8 (2009): 47-52.
Women bear the face of human poverty in most developing nations. Why? One reason, unarguably, is that culture perpetuates gender inequality. Indeed, to promote and protect human well-being, constitutional arrangements need universal values of humanness to respond to the challenge of pluralism in a very positive way. Martha Nussbaum's capabilities ethic fills in this need. By suggesting a constitutionally guaranteed "threshold of capabilities", her proposal is a step beyond Amartya Sen's because it concretizes the approach to inequality in society. The question is: how? In many countries, constitutions usually enshrine the negative rights of people. But a right to non-interference is not a guarantee to a life worthy of being human or to a life one "has reason to value". In this paper, I will argue for the translation of the essential capabilities into concrete positive rights which should be embodied in constitutional reforms by governments as a benchmark of entitlements that people should enjoy.