History of the Women's Movement

Scholar and social reforms have shown that they inquality between man and woman are social rather than the natural. The women's question became prominent in the 19th century Raja Ram Mohan Roy's attempt to reforms society religion and status of women in Bengal he under took the campaign against certificate was the first woman issue to receive public attention. Jyotiba Phule was from socially excluded caste and he attack both cast and gender discrimination he established the Satya sodhak Samaj with its primary emphasize and truth seeking . Sir syed Ahmed Khan made efforts to reform muslim society he wanted girls to be educated but within the precinct of their homes. He is stood for womens education but slot for his curriculum that included instruction in religious principle training in art of housekeeping and hand crafting and rearing of children. Tarabai Shinde a Maharashtrian housewife road Stree purush tulana as a protest against the double standard of a male dominant society women's issue emphatically surfaced in 1970 . The burning issues were rape of women in police custody dowry mother and gender injustice etc. the new challenges have come in the form of social Bias against the girl child sex ratio which is falling very sharply.

The women's movement addresses social inequalities, gender discrimination, and violence against women, including dowry and rape.