Women in Agriculture

Lesson 1 : Status of Women in Agriculture- An introduction

The status of women in society has to be perceived in Terms of

1. Structural and cultural settings.
2. Functioning of institutions in societies viz families.
3. Role in every day life.
4. Self image and social image.
5. Prejudice and biases expressed through stigma associated with women.
6. Process of differential socialization.

Causes for poor status of women in India

• Male dominant society.
• High rate of illiteracy among women.
• High dropout rate of girl student.
• Dependency on male.
• Traditions of society.
• Less awareness about the legal rights.
• Poor nutritional and economic condition.
• High work load.
• Poor economic condition of the families.
• Taboos of the society.