Women's issues have gained international importance in the last few decades as it is becoming increasingly clear that inspite of being granted legal and theoritical equality in the most modern societies, women suffer discrimination, exploitation and subjugastion all over the world. Gender justice is a dream which remain unfulfilled. Women inspite of doing more work then men, the world over, are paid much less and own still lesser than men. This book brings out the status of women all over the world in general and in India, in particular, in all important areas of human life, like health, education, employment, politics, religion, cultural institutions, like marriage and family and development.
