Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
Despite gains from the women’s movement and state policy of women empowerment, gender equality is far from achieved. Identify two major challenges that prevent this goal from being reached.
- UPSC 2017
- 20 marks
- Social Movements in Modern India
India's record is one of formal gains without structural closure. The Vishaka guidelines (1997) became the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013; the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005, confirmed in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (2020), made daughters coparceners by birth; 1.4 million women, about 46% of panchayat representatives, hold elected office (2024).…
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- Challenge one: patriarchy is a structure, not an attitude
- Challenge two: there is no single "woman" for policy to empower
- Conclusion
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