Indias Invisible women The rape and murder of a student on a Delhi and Hyderabad bus in 2012 made headlines and sparked protests about violence against women. But there are other hazards for women in India, and particularly for single women - who are often unable to live a normal life.In a society where a woman is traditionally considered to be complete when she marries - preferably to a groom of her parents choice - singledom can be cruel and oppressive. There are some 40 million women in India, according to the 2001 census, who are single and over the age of 30 - divorced, separated or unmarried. This is believed to be a conservative estimate. If being single can sometimes relegate a woman to the background, divorce can be traumatic. Social stigma surrounding divorce still hangs heavy over women, usually housewives, who are dependent on their husbands.- WITH NAveen Nadiminti
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:08:15 +0000
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