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Globalisation hits rural women
CHAIRPERSON OF Social Welfare Board of UP Anjana Prakash said here on Monday that respect for women had dwindled in society, making them merely an object of publicity in the present era of globalisation.
CHAIRPERSON OF Social Welfare Board of UP Anjana Prakash said here on Monday that respect for women had dwindled in society, making them merely an object of publicity in the present era of globalisation.
Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on “Impact of Globalisation on rural women folk” at a hotel in Varanasi on Sunday, she said women were extensively being used in advertisements of consumer products, even in the advertisements of male undergarments, with the result that there was scant respect for them from market to house.The seminar was organised under the joint auspices of Diocese of Varanasi Social Welfare Society, Gudia (a social organisation) and Parivartan-Centre for Social Research.
Anjana said about 70 per cent population of the country was dependent on agriculture and agriculture-based domestic productions whereas countries based on big industries were dominating the 147 countries associated with the World Trade Organisation (WTO).She said that in this scenario, there was a demand to decrease subsidies on agro-products and patent laws on various items were being imposed at the international level.
So, the time had come when India and other countries based on agriculture should come together on one platform to fight the challenges of globalisation.
Anjana said that rural women were largely associated with the unorganised sector, whether it was the brick-kiln industry, the cement industry, the small scale industry or other domestic industries. These industries were gradually being destroyed due to the impact of globalisation and as a consequence the rural women were hit hard.
To counter this, a public movement should be launched to ensure the social, economic, political and cultural freedom of women, she suggested.Other prominent social activists who addressed the seminar were Dr. Lenin, Rajeev Singh, Kumud Ranjan, Father Mathew, Sanjay and Kanchana.
