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  2. Self Employed Women's Association - Wikipedia

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    Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), meaning "service" in several Indian languages, is a trade union based in Ahmedabad, India, that promotes the rights of low-income, independently employed female workers. [1] Nearly 2 million workers are members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association across eight states in India.

  3. National Commission for Women - Wikipedia

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    The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body of the Government of India, generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women. It was established on 31 January 1992 under the provisions of the Indian Constitution, [1] as defined in the 1990 National Commission for Women Act. [2]

  4. History of women in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Raja Rammohan Roy's efforts led to the abolition of Sati under Governor-General William Cavendish-Bentinck in 1829. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's crusade for improvement in the situation of widows led to the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. Many women reformers such as Pandita Ramabai also helped the cause of women.

  5. Women in the workforce - Wikipedia

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    In India, HR managers admit that women are discriminated against for senior Board positions and pregnant women are rarely given jobs but only in private. In addition to this, it has been suggested that there are fewer women in the IT sector due to existing stereotypes that depict the sector as male-orientated.

  6. Labour in India - Wikipedia

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    Organized labour. Labour in India refers to employment in the economy of India. In 2020, there were around 476.67 million workers in India, the second largest after China. [1] Out of which, agriculture industry consist of 41.19%, industry sector consist of 26.18% and service sector consist 32.33% of total labour force. [1]

  7. Women of the Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    Jhalkaribai (22 November 1830 – 5 April 1858) was a woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. [9] At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised herself as ...

  8. Feminism in India - Wikipedia

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    Feminism in India is a set of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and opportunities for women in India. It is the pursuit of women's rights within the society of India. Like their feminist counterparts all over the world, feminists in India seek gender equality: the right to work ...

  9. Death of young Ernst & Young employee raises questions about ...

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    India, the world’s most populous country, is struggling to provide jobs for its 1.4 billion people despite being one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The jobless rate for people ...

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