Women’s movements in India: gender, equality and development (19th and 20th centuries)
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India, gender, women's associationsAbstract
The first women’s associations in India started at the end of the 19th century and were contemporary to the associations that emerged in Europe. These early associations, among which were The Women´s Indian Association and The All India Women's Conference, although they had a strong elitist profile, focused their demands on promoting education and women’s suffrage. In the 20th century, on the contrary, associations arose that tried to get away from the european and american feminist movements, with which they felt no identification. These groups, established beginning in the 1970s, are formed by women of castes and poorer classes “the poorest of the poor”,such as the self-employed women’s group known as Sewa and the women’s movement known as Chipko.
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