Abstract

This Article analyses the status of women in different era in india including Vedic, Post Vedic, Medieval, Modern. The Author has tried to highlight the problems faced by the women folk in these era while detailing the status they had enjoyed. The Author further enumerates how the status of women has changed from one era to another. The Author strives to mark the provisions that are included in the Indian Constitution that are intended to protection the women, safeguard their rights and assist in their empowerment. The Author also analyses the role played by the judiciary in various stages while interpreting the concept of custom, religion and other personal laws that suppress the women and feed on the gender discrimination. Finally, the Author concludes by highlighting how the role of women has been exploited in the current scenario in the disguise of empowerment and the urgent need to address the hidden obstrucles in order to achieve parity along with men.

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