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at home and the right to be in charge of their families... translation: it's my writ that runs in the house - because i earn more money. ..the right to their own identities... translation: now, women also have an identity. - earlier, men were known by their names. now, women are identified as individuals too! ..to be given greater respect within the family. translation: so family members and villagers that earlier _ thought of these women as weak now seek their counsel. i as india marches on to be the world's most populous country, crawling behind is a mini revolution that's taking p...

claiming asylum here. now on bbc news, women in charge: is india changing? for so long, women in india have fought for equality at home and the right to be in charge of theirfamilies... it's my writ that runs in the house because i earn more money. ..the right to their own identities... now, women also have an identity. earlier, men were known by their names. now, women are identified as individuals too! ..to be given greater respect within the family. so family members and villagers that earlier thought of these women as weak now seek their counsel. as india marches on to be the wor...

now, women are identified as individuals too! ..to be given greater respect within the family. so family members and villagers that earlier thought of these women as weak now seek their counsel. as india marches on to be the world's most populous country, crawling behind is a mini revolution that's taking place within ourfamilies, where women have been pushed to the background. the women who dared to step outside their home were called characterless. now they are breaking out, helped by migration and education. almost two out of every ten families, that's an estimated 45 million fami...

For example, spend money on their own health care. what we found was that when women lived in households which had land, if they owned and managed the land, they had lower mortality rates, than when they lived in a household where they did not own and manage the land. in a country where till quite recently, widows were not allowed to dress in colourful clothes and were forbidden from stepping out of their house for six months after their husband's death. some women were even blamed for it and their presence considered a bad omen, meaning they were barred from social gatherings. maan has realis...

Maan fought for her property share and became financially independent. she's now using her position and knowledge to help other women do the same. seeing maan conduct official business in the panchayat or the village council office is like watching a woman reclaim what is rightfully hers. because when the indian government introduced quotas at the village level to encourage representation of women in these local bodies, it was only partially successful. women did start getting elected, but the power remained with their husbands and other menfolk in the family who would come here and conduct al...