Women Facts

1) Women with 12 years of schooling- Fertility rate- 1.7. 

• No schooling-3.1. 

2) Skewed pattern of contraceptive use- 36% female sterilization, 0.3 % male sterilization.

3) According to World Bank,India s Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR), has fallen to a historic low of 23.3% in 2017-18. 

4) Global Wage Report 2018- 19, India has one of the highest Gender Pay Gap of 34%.

5) Low Property right: Women contribute almost 40% of agricultural labour but control only 12% of land. 

6) According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), women' s contribution to Indian agriculture is about 32%, while in some states (such as Hill states, Northeastern states, and Kerala) is more than men. 

-Financial Dependence: Nearly half of the women do not have a bank or savings accounts for their own 

 

- Reverse Trend: Between 2004 to 2011 Indian economy grew 7%, however, instead of increase in female participation in the country’s labour force, there was a decline in from over 35% to 25%. 

-The percentage of women in the Lok Sabha has gone up by only a small margin from 4.4% in 1951 to 14% in 2019

The situation is worse at the state level, where the average representation ratio of women is around 7%.

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