Aswini Ashok

70 years since Independence, the state of women in India though having been evolved to an extent is still very much behind other countries’ women population, let alone their own male counterparts. With a rank of 108 in World Economic Forum's gender gap index and a rank of 130 in Human Development Index, having adolescent birth rate of 23 i.e. 23 out of 1000 girls between the age group of 15 to 19 deliver a baby and only 39% of women population having secondary education, India’s growth remains not just unequal but unjust to its women population. The sorry state does not augur well for a country competing for a global spot being the 5 th largest economy and chest thumping on becoming one of the superpowers in the world. It is crucial that India’s growth is made inclusive without leaping ahead leaving behind the women population. Emancipation of women in our country has been through various phases, from eradicating Sati to ‘permitting’ women to enter the sanctum of the tem