Transcript Change is possible*! BUT is Change happening?

Change is possible…! BUT is Change
happening?
Discrimination and violence against women and girls must stop….!
Common Call by Dr. Balasandilyan, Thought Leader and CEO of
www.visionunlimited.in M-9840027810. e: [email protected]
• In India in the last 10
years 20 thousand cases
have been filed for
atrocities against
women including sexual
harassment.
• Lots of such instances
have not been
registered/complained
or brought to light.
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It is a shame…stunning
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• What is causing these
trends (and what can
we all do to reverse
them?)
• In the recent gender
equality conference
and research done
among 187 countries,
India ranks 134th in
treating women not so
equally/fairly/well.
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What's going on?
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• ‘The Guardian’
magazine says among
G20 countries, India is
surely unsafe for
women to stay.
• A popular NGO related
to laws on women
complains that Certain
countries like Afghan,
Kango, Somalia are
unsafe for women. And
in this list India is also
included.
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It’s not an accomplishment!
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• Sexual harassment to
women children
especially in the class
room has been
happening in a very big
way of late and this is
worrying every parent,
citizen and of course –
women.
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What is worrying?
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• 53% of the girl children
in some way or other
are meeting sexual
harassment in the
society – including
neighbors, teachers,
classmates, strangers
and family members.
• Silence has been the
answer or solution so
far…to these issues.
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It is a fact …it is said
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• In India every 40 minutes
a woman or girl is
pushed to sexual
harassment or a related
issue.
• Every 27 minutes a girl or
woman is teased or
provoked.
• Relatives, neighbors,
social bad elements,
thieves and robbers,
known/unknown people,
teachers – no one is an
exception to this list.
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Let us be aware…
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• The status of women in early
Hindu society was an
enviable one. They could
avail of the highest learning
and there were many seers
and philosophers among
them. Ghosha, Apala,
Lopamudra, Vishwvara,
Surya, Indrani, Yami,
Romasha – all these names
highlight the position and
the esteem which Hindu
women enjoyed in the Vedic
period.
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In our own country… earlier…
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• Manu's saying that –
"Yatra naryastu pujyante
ramante tatra Devata,
yatraitaastu na pujyante
sarvaastatrafalaah
kriyaah" Manusmriti 3.56
– which translated reads :
"whenever women are
given their due respect,
even the deities like to
reside there and where
they are not respected, all
action remains
unfruitful."
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Manu Dharma Shastra
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• Several women sages and seers are mentioned in the
Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas,
notable among them being Gargi and Maitreyi. The
Sanskrit word for female teachers as Acharyā (as
opposed to Acharya for teacher and Acharyini for
teacher's wife) reveal that women were also given a
place as Gurus.
• The Harita Dharmasutra (of the Maitrayaniya school
of Yayurveda) declares that there are two kind of
women: Sadhyavadhu who marry, and the
Brahmavaadini who are inclined to religion, they can
wear the sacred thread, perform rituals like the
agnihotra and read the Vedas. Bhavabhuti's
Uttararamacharita 2.3 says that Atreyi went to
Southern India where she studied the Vedas and
Indian philosophy. Shankara debated with the female
philosopher Ubhaya Bharati, and Madhava's
Shankaradigvijaya (9.63) mentions that she was well
versed in the Vedas. Tirukkoneri Dasyai (15th
century) wrote a commentary on Nammalvar's
Tiruvaayamoli, with reference to Vedic texts like the
Taittiriya Yajurveda.
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Scriptures say…
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• Country – Motherland
(Bharath Matha)
• Language- Mother tongue
• Rivers (like Cauvery,
Godhaveri, Narmada, Ganga,
Sindu, Saraswathi all in
Women’s name) in India
• Even in Music – we say
“Sruthi” Matha.
• Cattles make the sound of
“Amma” or “Maa”.
• Even a Cow is considered as
God.
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In Women’s name…and their
sake
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• Sita Devi
• Draupadi
• Kunti
• Shakuntala
• Sant Meera
• Jijabai
• Jhansi Rani
• Aandaal Naachiyar
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Women who made India proud
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Indira Gandhi
Shakuntala Devi
M.S.Subbulakshmi
Lata Mangeshkar
Parveen Sultana
Kishori Amonkar
D.K.Pattammal
Kasutirbai
Padma Subramaniam
Mallika Sarabhai
Jayalalitha
Sushma Swaraj
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India produced…
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• P.T.Usha
• Kiran Bedi
• Kalpana Chawla
• Sania Mirza
• Saina Nehwal
• Sumati Iyer
• Mari kom
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The list continues…
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Ekta Kapoor
Aishwarya Nair
Swati Parimal
Rajashree Pathi
Radhika Roy
Farah khan
Vandana Luthra
Indra Nooyi
Indu Jain
Priya Paul
Mallika Srinivasan
Neelam Dhawan
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Indian Women entrepreneurs
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ishwar Chander
Vidyasagar
Jyothirao Phule
Haribilas Sarda
Maharishi Karve
Bhimrao Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Thanthai Periyar
Mahakavi Bharathi
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Saluting the brave men who
fought for women in India
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Our Mother
Wife
Sister
Daughter
Grand daughter
Neighbor lady
Women colleagues
Women teachers
Women students
Women leaders
All women in our life
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Let us respect (Sarvam Shakti
Mayam)
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Thank you for watching and
supporting the cause.
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