The Journey of Women through 65 Years of Independence

The awareness is steadily increasing among women because of the rise in the female literacy rate in the country, which rose from 53.25 percent in 2009 to 73.86 percent in 2010. Women are now able to compete impersonally in the society as men do. They no longer need to compete for supremacy in their home with their husband, and in the society for status.

A new transformational level has been guaranteed for the women. Today more job opportunities are open to women. Even in the army, women are recruited as commissioned officers and are being sent to the ground.

In the villages women are more organized in their hunt for employment and fight against domestic violence. In the cities, though sexual harassment is brought to notice, women have taken a stand for themselves.

India has come a long way and today the number of schools and colleges meant especially for women has also increased. Domestic violence has seen a decline too and only very few stray incidents occur.