Women's Movement In India

Abstract

Women's movements are among the global social movements of the contemporary politics. To enhance the position of women, numerous woman movements were started. It is said that women's movements are among the most important crusade of modern social movements. The goals and structures of women's movements reveal the commonalities as well as the differences among women. For example, feminist movements tend to be related with the aspirations, and the opportunities, of middle-class women. Feminist movements include women's rights movements focusing on the goals of equal rights under the law and equal access to education, careers, and political power; women's liberation movements that challenge cultural patterns of male dominance in the family and personal life through strategies that raise the awareness of women of their own subjugation, often within the context of women-only groups. Black feminist movements address racism along with sexism; and socialist feminist movements look women's empowerment as tied to the role of government, labour, and civil society in safeguarding the rights of all citizens to equity and social security. This paper attempts to analyze the women participation in movements, types of women’s movement, social reforms movements and women and institutionalization of women’s movement.