India is the worst in the world where the topic gender gap is concerned. It raises question as why women are at receiving end if they are politically empowered, as we can see our ruling President is Mrs. Pratibha Patil and she is doing equally well as any male President.

India is still largely a feudal and patriarchal society and also male oriented.
In many parts of our country especially in UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab women are often treated as if they were a piece of property.

In these parts the sex-ratio is most worst because families often throw out the lives of girl children before or immediately after they are born. In many parts of India women are viewed as a source of finance despite contributing in several ways to our society and economy.

India’s policies and projects for women are woefully inadequate. For instance the literacy rate for females is merely 48% against 73% for males.

Public health is another area of failure. Hundreds of women in rural India die every year during child birth for want of medical attention. There are thousands more who do not even have access to a primary health centre.

While these changes are necessary they will amount to nothing if we as a society continue to deny our women the dignity, liberty and opportunities that are rightfully theirs. No society will ever prosper as a whole as long as half of it is constantly treated as somehow less than the other half.