Mayavathi the Chiefminister

The stunning victory of the Bahujan Samaj Party in uttarpradesh,the country's most populous and decisive state,is undoubtedly an extraordinary event in the history of Indian democrcy.
This is the first time a Dalit leader hs won as absolute majority in any state.Mayavathi took over as Chief minister of Uttarpradesh,heading the first single- party Government in the state since 1991

"I myself have never known what feminism is
i only know that people call me a feminist whenever i express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat"


Rebecca west,1913

In most of the states in India,untouchability,exploitation and suppression aginst Dalits exist despite laws banning them.Upper caste Hindus' sexual exploitation of Dalit women continues.It needs to be realised that Dalit women undergo double suppression-first by the males within their own community,and then under the patriarchal upper-caste domination.Their problems are not similar to those of the higher caste women.The myth that women are equal among themselves can no longer stand.That's why a parallel Dalit feminist movement has come into being.In the present scenerio of feminism within India,Dalit feminism is a strong force.

A lady bus conductor from Thrikkariyur.Valliyammal a widow from a brahmin family,after her husband's death,takes this job as a challenge.

"NO woman can call herself free, who does not
own and control her own body" -Margaret sanger

One of the most significant features of the 20th century is the rise of the women's movement

Even in Naxal movement in the late 60s in Bengal,Bihar and Kerala,women were active.Thosands of women got arrested in 1972 when the movement was focussing on students and tribals.Several women were tortured and killed by police.K.Ajitha was sentenced to life imprisonment

In order to raise the status of women in India, existing laws were amended and various new legislations were enacted. The Government accepted the principle of divorce by mutual consent and the Hindu Marriage Law was amended to that effect. Cruelty and desertion were added as grounds for divorce. Taking and giving of dowry were declared punishable. The Equal Remuneration Act 1979 provides for equal remuneration to men and women workers and prevention of discrimination against women in the matter of employment

"The success of every great man
Has a woman's hand behind it"
The belief that women ara subordinate to men in every field of activity has to a great extent changed.In the social,economic and political fields the women have come up.In short,it can be said that a country can never progress without the proper development of women and the participation of women in every field of activity.

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