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In this lesson we shall learn about the achievements of women in various fields.
First in India- Woman
First Indian woman | Name | Image |
Finance Minister | Nirmala Sitharaman |  |
Union Cabinet post | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |  |
Union Foreign Minister’s post | Sushma Swaraj |  |
youngest minister of a state (Haryana) | Sushma Swaraj |  |
Governor | Sarojini Naidu |  |
President of UN General Assembly | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |  |
Prime Minister of India | Indira Gandhi |  |
IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi (1972) |  |
To win Nobel Peace Prize | Mother Teresa |  |
To climb Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal(1984) | |
To win Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy (1997) | |
President | Pratibha Patil |  |
Speaker of LokSabha | Meira Kumar (2009) |  |
Judge in Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi | |
President of the Indian National Congress (First women President) | Annie Besant |  |
Chief Minister | Sucheta Kripalani | |
Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya | |
Defencse Minister | Nirmala Sitharaman |  |
| University | Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune |
First in the World- Woman
First woman | Name | Country | Image |
In space | Valentina Tereshkova | USSR |  |
To scale Mt Everest | Junko Tabei | Japan |  |
Prime Minister | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka |  |
To win Olympic gold | Charlotte Cooper | England |  |
Women's role in economic development:
To ensure sustainable development of the country, Women's empowerment and achieving gender equality is essential for our society.
- Increasing women's education contributes to women's economic empowerment, resulting in more inclusive economic growth.
- Women's economic empowerment is directly related to women's rights and gender equality.
- As women's performance in the organization increases, the economy of the country also grows along.
The need for Economic Empowerment of Woman.
- Women are more likely to be unemployed and are over-represented in informal and vulnerable employment.
- Globally, women are paid less than men and are less likely to have access to social protection.
- The domestic work handled by woman, which is so essential for the economy, often goes uncounted and unrecognized.
- Violence and harassment in the world of work affects women regardless of age, location, income or social status.
Conclusion
In Indian society women, Scheduled caste, scheduled tribes, children, poor, landless farmers are considered as weaker sections, and they have faced socio-economic and political discrimination in the hands of the dominating section since ancient time. Their fight for rights and access to justice is a long struggle that is still going on.With this chapter, we have learned the various achievements of women in both world and India. The need of women's economic empowerment is also learned.
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