Mention different aspects of life in which women are discriminated or disadvantaged in India.

Solution:

In India, women are discriminated and disadvantaged n the following ways:

(a) They are not provided adequate education. Thus, the literacy rate among women is just 54%.

(b) Most of the labour done by them is unpaid. Where they are paid for their work, they receive lesser wages than men.

(c) Due to the preference for the boy child, female foeticide is practiced in many parts of the country.