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In our country, women still lag much behind men despite some improvements since independence.

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The above statement is true. Women have a literacy rate of 65.46 per cent (2011 census), whereas men have a literacy rate of 82.14 per cent (2011 census). Similarly, a smaller proportion of female students pursue higher education because parents choose to invest in their sons' education rather than their daughters'. The share of women in highly paid and respected positions remains quite low. Though the typical Indian woman works one hour more than the average man each day, most women are not compensated equally, so their efforts are frequently undervalued. In many regions of India, parents prefer to have men and seek ways to have their daughters terminated before they are born. As a result, the country's child sex ratio (the number of female children per thousand males) has dropped to 940. Various types of harassment, exploitation and violence against women have been reported. Women have become dangerous in both urban and rural places. They are not protected from beatings and other domestic abuse, even in their own houses.

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