• Dr. Manju Prava Das

Man and woman are both equal and both play vital role in the creation and development of their families in particular and the society in general. Indeed, the struggle for legal equality has been one of the major concerns of the women’s movement all over the world. In India, since long back, women are considered as oppressed section of the society and they were neglected for centuries. The difference in sex and physical form denotes no difference in status. Woman is the complement of man, and not inferior. Thus, the first task in post-independent India was to provide a constitution to the people, which would not make any distinctions on the basis of sex. The preamble of Indian constitution promises to secure to all its citizens- “Justice- economical, social, and political”. The sense of insecurity, humiliation and helplessness always keep a women mum. Our whole socialization is such that for any unsuccessful marriage which results in such violence or divorce, it is always the woman, who is held responsible. It is really important to note that though the Constitution of India is working since more than fifty-seven years – the raising of the status of women to one of equality, freedom and dignity is still a question mark. In India, since independence, a number of laws have been enacted in order to provide protection to women. But, the laws have hardly implemented in their letter and spirit. But in reality there seems a little use of all these laws for the public. Odisha is one of the states of India where the proportion of women constitutes half of the total population in the state. But they face many issues with present set up of societies. In order to examine this situation of gender inequality, the author has tried in this paper to compare the extent of gender inequalities in two of the most populated blocks of Ganjam District, viz., Digapahandi and Sorada in the state of Odisha.

gender, inequality, mortality, Odisha

"EXTENT OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN RURAL INDIA: A STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE STATE OF ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.296-311, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806290.pdf

"EXTENT OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN RURAL INDIA: A STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE STATE OF ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp296-311, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806290.pdf