Gender parity: Gap between intent and implementation
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Gender parity: Gap between intent and implementation

Hindustan Times  

Every Women’s Day, March 8, the conversation rightly revolves around equality and equity — or the lack of it. While our Constitution, with its emphasis on equality, prohibition of discriminatory practices, and mandate for pro-active measures to empower vulnerable sections, especially women, has undeniably fuelled progress, the pace of change remains agonisingly slow. The State has a crucial role in leading social transformation and has indeed often taken steps to ensure women’s safety, illustratively, through legislation like the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act of 2013 mandating safe workplaces. State actors frequently reveal an ambivalence toward women’s autonomy, with resorts to moral policing and victim-blaming instead of upholding constitutional guarantees of equality. Environments everywhere must re-configure and acknowledge that hindering women’s fullest participation hinders the nation’s collective ability to achieve social justice and a thriving economy.

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