Gender Inequality in Work Participation among Paraja Tribe of Koraput District in Odisha

Abstract

If we look at global society today, the term social inequality is a worldwide phenomenon to understand human relationship in this progressive world. India is not an exceptional to it and it is one of the important areas of the study to understand Indian Society. There are various forms of inequality continue to exist in Indian society even after several reformations and gender inequality is one of the most atrocious. In India, inequality towards either sex has existed since several centuries and transformed from generation to generation. It affects the lives of both male and female in different aspects of their social life. The Constitution of India has the provision of equal rights for men and women but gender disparity is mostly in favour of men than the women in different walks of social life. Even among the tribal communities where there was absence of inequality are now prominently found gender inequality due to several reasons and impact of modern development. This paper is an attempt to study existing gender inequality among the Paraja tribes the largest tribal communities of Koraput district in Odisha. The discriminatory practices are taking place at an alarming rate affecting the lives of many women.