Abstract: This study explores the pivotal role of Assamese women and their organizations in India’s freedom movement. It sheds light on their contributions, sacrifices, and the impact of their actions on the socio - political landscape of India during the struggle for independence.
Indian women have earned the recognition by their earnest and active participation in the Indian national movement as they played an important role to make her nation free from the clutches of British. History has witnessed that in the year 1857, there has been significant number of armed revolt against the British rule.
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Women in Assam
In Assam, a higher percentage of women (60%) are actively involved in household decision-making compared to the national average in India, which stands at 37%.16 Despite this, only 29% of women in Assam have access to money that they can decide how to spend. This figure is even lower among rural women, at just 27%. 17.
Women at the Crossroads: The Intersectional Dynamics of Women…
2024年9月27日 · The paper explores the mobilisation, interdependence, and organisation of the women's movement in Assam, locating it from the landmark events of the Assam Movement through a feminist lens. Instead of positioning women as passive recipients in Assam’s conflict-ridden areas, it captures the feminist recovery in the state’s men-led political ...
Woman Freedom Martyrs of Assam - MyGov.in
2020年8月12日 · Assam was not left behind in this wide playing revolt. Several individuals — men and women alike — dived into the movement with burning determination. The womenfolk were nowhere even a step behind the men in fighting for the country’s independence. They participated fearlessly and wholeheartedly.
Women’s Political Leadership in Assam: A Primer - Women for …
2021年4月19日 · Some research has been undertaken on women's political participation in Assam, including on their emancipation and empowerment. A movement spearheaded by the Bodo community in 1985 had women playing a significant role.
(PDF) Women in the freedom struggle movement of Assam: A …
As like almost every part of India the women of Assam also responded to each and every phases of the freedom movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi, namely, the Non−Cooperation Movement (1920/21), Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) and the Quit India Movement (1942).
The paper provides a brief overviews of the issues revolving around women enpowerment in Assam and also makes some notworthy suggestions. A Brief Introduction to Assam