The Decrease of Women in India

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The Decrease Of Women In India . . By Cierra Briscoe & Crishell Hall

What do you think about when you think about India? You might think about India’s large democracy, it’s festivals, and how they dress. But beyond the surface, there is much more than that going on in India, such as the declining rate of women in India. India has had a falling number of women in India since 1961. There are multiple reasons for this. Baby girls are being killed, women are being raped and killed and women are killing themselves due to depression caused by men. In 21st century India, reversing the rate of female births and deaths in India must be a top priority. This is a major problem because India needs women to make children so their population could grow, children are healthier when taken cared for by their mother; and the crime and rape rate will go up.The most effective ways of tackling the problem include making laws that takes control from men, giving women more freedom, putting more people in jail for killing their baby girls and giving women guards to walk with them at night for safety.
Firstly, India's economic growth rate is increasing, but its population of girls in relation to boys is declining. One way this problem can be fixed is to make laws that take control away men and give women the power to have a voice outside and in their own household. By doing this you are letting women have a voice and the power to stand up for themselves. This would stop women from getting raped, killed and being depressed and killing themselves.Taking control away from men is very important because men in India are taking advantage of women everyday. It is time for women to have a voice and the laws I would make would allow them to. One of the laws I...

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...ecause all around them, society was still wrong. Because of this women are scared to stand up for what’s right, because they think a man is going to overpower them. This is a major problem that needs to be fix, and Me a WOMEN is going to try my best to fix this and I hope all women of every race will help me.” All these laws and idea’s I have won't work if women don’t come together and stand up for their right and help put these laws to work.

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