Social Reforms in India: Rammohun Roy, Women's Liberation, and the Struggle against Caste, Essays (university) of Sociology

Download Social Reforms in India: Rammohun Roy, Women's Liberation, and the Struggle against Caste and more Essays (university) Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Social reforms o Rammohun Roy F0 FC o Emancipation of women F0 FC The condition of the lower-caste women was better than the upper- caste women. F0 FC Purdah + restrictions on employment. F0 FC Widows could not remarry + Sati. F0 FC Property rights were not there. F0 FC The movement for liberation of women got a stimulus with the rise of the national movement in the 20th century. :->They participated in the Home Rule movement and the Partition of Bengal. F0 FC Women became ministers and parliamentary secretaries in the 1937 election. F0 FC All India Women Conference was formed in 1927. F0 FC Post-independence: Article 14; 15; The Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; DPSP: Equal pay for equal work. o Struggle against Caste F0 FC Mahatma Gandhi:-> 1932 Founded the All India Harijan Sangh. -> His campaign for ‘root and branch removal of untouchability’ was based on the grounds of humanism & reason. He argued that there was no sanction for UT in the Hindu shashtras. :-> But even