Changing status of women in the society:A survey on health and education of women in slum area jari mari

RESEARCH STUDENT: AAFREEN SHAH ( MA-ECONOMICS) SK SOMAIYA DEGREE COLLEGE.

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Importance of education

Importance of education for a womenWomen empowerment,Independency- freedom to take right decisions

in life,Concious about her rights & health,She Respect of the dignity of womenhood &

appreciates the daughters in the same way,Development and growth of family in right

direction,Participation in family decision making and

advise to her husband.(behind every successful men there is a women),

Overall Economic and social development.

Critical issuesParaya dhan,Dowry,Child marriage,Caste system,Parda system,Early marriage.

Critical issues related to poor health of women in societySon preference-expected to care

for parents in their old age,expectation for birth of son- less

care and love by parents,Mistreatment of girls- dowry cost,Illiteracy.

Women in india face the health issues like:MalnutritionsReproductive health,HIV/AIDSBreast cancerLack of maternal health

Malnutrition Due to the low social status of

Indian women, their diet often lacks in both quality and quantity. Women who suffer malnutrition are less likely to have healthy babies.

In India, mothers generally lack proper knowledge in feeding children. Consequently, new born infants are unable to get adequate amount of nutrition from their mothers.

Facts about maternal mortalityIndia witnessed nearly 20% of

maternal deaths worlwide between 1992-2006

The primary reasons for the high levels of maternal mortality are directly related to disparities of economic conditions and cultural constraints limiting access to care

Psychological and social problems The suicide rate in india is five times higher

than that of the developed nations The rate of suicide has been found to be

higher in women as campared to that of menThe most common reasons for women’s

suicide is directly related to:o Depression,o Anxiety,o Gender discrimination,o Domestic Violence,o Physical, psychological, and sexual voilence.

FACTSAccording to the report of crime bureau

of the central home ministryo Women is getting kidnapped every 44

minuteso Raped at every 47 minuteso 17 dowry deaths every day etcThey may face voilence within the the

family( dowry related harassment or death,marital rape,deprivation of healthy food,female genital mutilation etc)

UNICEF actions in maharashtra towards girls education and healthUnicef in partnership with the

maharashtra government to address range of the state’s challenges

o Chief among them is malnutrition,o Intervention that promote nutrition in mothers during pre-

pregnancy, Early and exclusive breastfeeding and

complementary feeding in children younger than 3 years.

UNICEF actionsUNICEF in partnership with state

and district education department has piloted a quality education initiative in KGBV (kasturba gandhi balika vidyalaya) educational facilities for girls

It has also promoted platforms like meena raju manch (child cabinets) to address gender inequity in 22000 upper primary schools across the states.

JARI MARI : A SLUM AREAJari Mari is a slum area adjacent

to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shiva international airport and popular for scrapers and textile industries.

Discussion with the director of NGO-JAGRUTI KENDRA MAHILA MANDAL 28th january 2016

The NGO is working from last 26 years in this area

The NGO is conducting health care campaign monthly

Every month the NGO conducts a session to bring awareness about education and health

Legal cell – 3-4 cases of domestic voilence per week

Bachat gat -1500 women’s

SAHYOG- NGO

Initiative of chetak trust,Started its journey in the year 2000 , Improving the marginalised status of

communities through social change,Work spread-dindoshi,kurla-ghatkopar,govandi,mankhurd,Over a period of 10 years, more than 800

girls, 10-16 years old passed through the 2 nonformal schools set up in jari mari (kurla-andheri), dindoshi (goregaon east).

SPREAD OF LITERACY & NUMBER OF SCHOOLS

IILITERATEPRIMARY EDUCATION

SSC PASSEDHSC PASSED

GRADUATEPOST GRADUATE

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Spread of Education level

Spread of Education level

Most of the women's in the area are illiterate and have attended only the primary education. There is only 1 municipal school and 4 private schools i.e ST JUDE’S HIGH SCHOOL, KARTIKA SCHOOL, GULSHAN E MILLAT AND LITTLE FLOWER, there are 15 teachers in the municipal school the school provides the primary education only up till standard 5.There are only 2 % of women's attended UG and PG each, they are unemployed and parent depended

Marital & employment status of an educated women

married

unmarried

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Marital status of an educated women

Marital status of an educated women

Married

unmarried

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Employment status

parent dependentself employedHouse wifes

Marital and employment status of primary educated women

Married

Unmarried

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Marital status

marital status

Married

Unmarried

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Employment status

parent dependentself employedhouse wifes

Marital & employment status of Illilterate womenAll the womens are marriedNon of them are working & all are

house wifes.

Over all medical checkups & number of children’s

LITERATE

PRIMARY EDUCATED

ILLITERATE

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Medical checkups

YearlyHalf yearlyMonthly

ILLITERATE

LITERATE

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

Number of children's

more than 3 childrens3 childrens2 childrens1 child

Service of government in this area

Private schools

Municipal schools

private hospitals

municipal hospitals

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Quality of services

POORGOOD

SERVICE OF GOVERNEMENT

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Service of government

POORGOOD

Health issues & psychological problems

SUFFERING FROM THYROID,DIABETES,BLOOD PRESSURE,AND OTHER HEART DISEASES

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Health issues

NOYES

SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION AND HYPERTENSION

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

psychological problems

NOYES

Suggestions

As maximum of women’s are illiterate there is a need for initiating educational programs not only for a girl child but also for an adults.

To uplift the society there is a need for promoting development of women's and that is possible only through education and better medical and health care facilities.

Health services need to be improved in municipal hospital. There is a need to open up more municipal hospitals with qualified

doctors,better medical equipments and health care services. Creating new setup of skill development courses for creating

employment opportunities for women's. Not only on government but women's too at an individual and group

level must start up something based on talent they equipped. Municipals schools needed to be well organised and managed and

must be open up a gate for secondary and higher educations. Private schools needed to reduce their fees as the income level is

very low. The NGO’s must coduct more programs and campaign in a week

rather than once a month Counselling cells are needed to be formed for providing a peaceful

environment and reducing stress.

conclusion

There is a lack of awareness about importance of health and education, maximum women's are found to be illiterate suffering from various disease living their life in depression etc, with a right education women's get to know about their rights they can raise their voice against the violence happening on them, maximum makes their habits of suffering until an unless they won’t get educated they can’t improve their quality of life, NGO’S are working but the government is actually sleeping, SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN an initiation towards promoting education formed but still not implemented in actual sense, the government need to take the issue more seriously,. an educated women's knows the value of a quality life, controlling birth rate, she respect the dignity of womanhood care for herself and also her entire family, when a women is educated the entire family gets educated with her.