Women Issues

Gender Stereotypes – UPSC GS1

Facts: Women make up only a fifth of ISRO’s workforce. Women form 0.56% of our army, 1.08% of the air force and 6.5% of the navy In the Indian judiciary, only 11 (or 4.2%) of Supreme Court judges over the past 71 years have been women, and not a single woman has headed it since 1950. Gender Stereotypes: Perceptions and stereotypes: Perceptions that boys are naturally more …

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What is the Right Strategy for Population Control? – UPSC GS1

Context: NFHS-5 data revealed that India’s Total Fertility Rate has declined to 2 from 2.2 of NFHS-4. Factors that helped India bring down the Total Fertility Rate: Women and their aspirations to plan and manage families have helped reduce the TFR. There are about 16.4 mn abortions every year. This shows that people are taking family …

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Women migrants in West Asia – UPSC GS1

Facts: According to International Labour Organization (ILO), Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) hosts about 23 million migrant workers. Among these, Women account for 39% of migrant workers, and this count is continually growing. How working women in West Asia can be divided? In West Asia, Working Women can be divided into two categories: Skilled: include persons in the organized sector, mainly …

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Horizontal Reservation for Women – UPSC GS1

Context: The Bihar government announced 33% horizontal reservation for women in State engineering and medical colleges. What is the vertical and horizontal reservation? Vertical reservation: The reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) is referred to as the vertical reservation. Horizontal reservation: This refers to …

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