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The status of women in ancient India was quite high esteemed however it got deteriorated with the
passage of time and mentality of people towards women. Slowly the practice of polygamy, sati pratha,
dowry system, female infanticide, etc became dominated and gave rise to the male dominated country.
Great Indian leaders had worked a lot to again raise the status of women in the Indian society. Because of
their hard work bad practices against women in the Indian society have been banned to a great extent.
Government of India has implemented various effective laws regarding safety and empowerment of the
women. In the Panchayati Raj system around 33% of the seats are reserved for women thus women are
being more conscious and come forward to fight for their rights.
family. The gradual positive changes in the Indian society has been proved to be beneficial for the women
status. Positive thinking of people has taken a swift speed which has changed human mind politically,
economically and socially towards women.
rich people. However, now-a-days, women are participating in every areas of work (like politics, social
work, IT field, driving, etc) without getting fear. Women are leading in many areas of work even they are
showing much interest and performing better than men. We cannot say that status of women in the Indian
society has been fully developed but it is continuously going up as women are being more conscious about
their rights.
was released. According to this act, the juvenile age has been 16 years from 18 years in cases of heinous
offenses.