NEW DELHI, March 25: The feminist movement in India needs to involve younger women in metros and its scope could be expanded to address the skewed gender ratio in the north of the country, according to participants at a forum here. The feminist movement in India is facing two major challenges, according to Mary E John, director of the Centre for Women’s Development Studies here.
While it is yet to reach out to the younger generation of women in metros and tier II cities, it is pushing multiple agendas that have to find a common ground, she said on Tuesday at a panel discussion on “Women Today: Expectations vs Reality” at the American Center as part of its Women’s History Month celebrations. The discussion was attended by feminists, scholars and filmmakers. “Younger women across India are yet to be a part of the movement because of so many uncertainties and the struggle for survival. Feminism demands much more of them than the everyday battles. Moreover, feminism in this country has multiple agendas. We will have to bring them under one platform before enlisting youngsters,” John said.
Feminism as a movement to empower women was born in the West in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. The history of the movement can be divided into three phases - early struggle in US for women’s franchise rights at the outset of the 19th century, the demand for equal opportunities and pay in the 1960s and 1970s and the push for freedom of choice and lifestyles, that started in the 1990s, and continues.
While it is yet to reach out to the younger generation of women in metros and tier II cities, it is pushing multiple agendas that have to find a common ground, she said on Tuesday at a panel discussion on “Women Today: Expectations vs Reality” at the American Center as part of its Women’s History Month celebrations. The discussion was attended by feminists, scholars and filmmakers. “Younger women across India are yet to be a part of the movement because of so many uncertainties and the struggle for survival. Feminism demands much more of them than the everyday battles. Moreover, feminism in this country has multiple agendas. We will have to bring them under one platform before enlisting youngsters,” John said.
Feminism as a movement to empower women was born in the West in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. The history of the movement can be divided into three phases - early struggle in US for women’s franchise rights at the outset of the 19th century, the demand for equal opportunities and pay in the 1960s and 1970s and the push for freedom of choice and lifestyles, that started in the 1990s, and continues.
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