Socio-Economic Status of Women in Uttar Pradesh
Abstract
Any assessment of the status of women has to start from the social framework, social structures, cultural norms and value sys tems that influence social expectations regarding the behaviour of both men and women and determine women‟s roles and their position in society. A society is composed of many institutions and most important of them are the system of decent, family and kins hip, marriage and religious traditions. They provide the ideology and moral basis for men and women about their rights and duties and their status and role. The state of Uttar Pradesh, though rich in both human and natural resources, however economic growth faltered in the recent years as the State failed to seize the opportunities created by liberalization of the economy. It is also the most populous state in the country with a population of 175 million people accounting for 16.4 percent of the country‟s population. It is the fourth largest state in geographical area of the country, encompassing to 94 411 square kilometers and comprising of 83 district, 901 developments blocks and 112804 inhabited villages. The density of population in the state is 173 persons per square kilometer as against 274 of the country. 80 percent of the population in the state consist of the rural poor making it one of the most deprived economies. An estimated 8 percent of the world‟s poor live in the state.
Keywords : - women and society, status and role, kinship, marriage, religious traditions, population and poverty, women rights.
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