Women: The Invisible Mortar

 

 

 Between the old world and new world of civilizations, it can be said that there has been great improvement in all fields; technology, medicine, life quality, humanity, and more. But the one field that ceases to change in most countries is the equality of women. Women are left in India for the "noble" house work and even if a women and a man were working together in the same facility at the same job title, the women will be paid less, and it has been reported that women work twice as many hours as men, but are still underpaid and overworked. Women population in India has a high illiteracy rate is 61% while the men’s illiteracy rate is 36%. India is also home to the highest population of non-school going women workers in the world. But the jobs that most women fill are working in the agricultural fields. It was reported from a one-hectare farm that a pair of bullocks work 1,064 hours, a man 1,212 hours and a woman 3,485 hours in a year. Also women in India have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, and it is estimated that 40-50% of the women in India receive pre birth care. Women also are less likely to see the doctor as an adult because, like American men, they will wait until the diseases progresses to a harsh state and female children if they have a brother will have 2.3 times less to see the doctor if they are sick. So the state of women in India has not changed a lot between the past and now.

 

 

 

 

 

   Women working in the field, as you can see there are no men.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jun/11/india.randeepramesh

 

 

 

 

Women working in a fabric factory. Notice that almost all the workers (check the background too) are women.

http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2101/Wells/Wells.html

 

 

 

Abhisarika and Nalika are two young girls that are walking to work and Abhisarika strikes up a conversation about the work

 

Abhisarika: How long are you going to work today?

 

Nalika: The usual sixteen hours.

 

Abhisarika: Seems like you should have asked for a raise. I mean your working twice as much as the guys in your job title but till get paid less.

 

Nalika: I know but it is like I am an invisible worker that somehow produces the fabrics.

 

Abhisarika: So why don’t you leave?

 

Nalika: It is either this or work in the fields for longer hours and get paid less than I am already given.

 

Abhisarika: Tough call. You could go back to school.

 

Nalika: I wish but my parents are already spending that money on my little brother, (coughs) so I can’t (coughs) go back to (coughs longer) school.

 

Abhisarika: Maybe you should go see a doctor about that cough.

 

Nalika: Can’t. (Coughs) The medical money is going towards my brother so I have to wait a lot longer than him and must act like I am not sick.

 

Abhisarika: This is just awful. It is like women can’t do anything in this country and yet we make up the backbone. We have to do something about this

 

Nalika: Yes we must.

 

 

The pair walk out towards the nearest government building where their voices can be heard

 

 

 

 

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