Recent studies in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Odisha, and Uttarakhand, reveals women’s extreme social isolation, said that “such seclusion severely limit their access to crucial information about informal credit, insurance, jobs”. The NFHS-5 data confirmed that about 29.3% ever-married women (18-49 years) experienced spousal violence, as against 31.2% in the previous report. Of the women surveyed, Telangana led with 83.8%, and among men, Karnataka surges ahead with 81.9% of the respondents saying that such behaviour is reasonable. Nevertheless, NFHS-5 data revealed that 69.4% urban women now own a mobile phone for their use, compared to 46.6% for rural women, a rise from an average of 45.9% in 2015-16.īut, what rings an alarm bell is the revelation that a large percentage of women and men supported a husband’s right to physically assault his wife for reasons such as “disrespect to in-laws, neglecting the house or children, etc”, which reaffirm the prevalence of deep-rooted gender beliefs. In the rural hinterland, women’s mobile use is also considered “as a risk to her reputation and an interruption in her care giving responsibilities”. Indian women endure triple handicaps: A rural-urban divide, income-based divide, and intra-household discrimination, which cut them from accessing online facilities of health care, education, job-seeking resources, banking, and other enabling platforms. In urban India, 59% of women, while 64% of rural women cannot get online. In a world where the internet wields enormous power, India has the widest gender gap in internet usage of 40.4% within the Asia-Pacific region. However, a field study in 2017 in the rural and urban areas of West Bengal among married women (18–26 years) to assess their participation in household decisions noted that “although the NFHS-4 reported the decision-making power of women of about 84%, but, on ground, they don’t enjoy freedom up to that extent, as patriarchal norms over decision-making still continues, and hierarchies based on gender and generation play a dominant role”. NFHS-5 indicates a nominal rise in married women’s decision-making power in household matters from 84% in NFHS-4 to 88.7%. However, by law, women and men, both, have an equal coparcenary right of inheritance. In terms of immovable property ownership, a touchstone of women’s economic empowerment, only 38% urban and 45.7% rural women own a house or land, alone or jointly, which was 38.4% in NFHS-4. SRB has only marginally improved from 919 in 2015-16 to 929 in 2019-21, while, in some states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha, there is a declining trend. This implies a continuing preference for a male child. But there is a cause for concern, too, since the sex ratio at birth (SRB) continues to be lower than what is naturally expected (952 girls per 1,000 men). For every 1,000 men, India has 1,020 women. Talk to your team about physical therapy and when you can begin.For the first time, India’s overall sex ratio - women per 1,000 men - is now at a level seen in developed countries. You can do this! This sub has a ton of information and lots of support. It just means their body was able to handle that. Just because someone walks before you doesn't mean you're behind. Everyone is super different and the lengths of time between milestones can be vast. Try not to compare your recovery timeline to anyone else. Find a book, show, video game, music, podcast, or other leisure activity you can do to help past the time. It's hard not to be mobile and independent. I see small improvements every day.Īfter the first few days the boredum is real. I only started my PT journey a bit ago but it's so great to have something to focus on. Everyone I talk to who has gone through this says how important sticking with physical therapy is and to not rush it. I'm only on day 13 post operation so I don't have a ton of advice to offer yet.
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