Access of Education to Women


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Access of Education to Women

·Limited access to education: women were discouraged from attending schools and colleges. It was believed that once educated, women would be unwilling to do household work or obey their husbands unquestioningly.

Child marriage: girls were married off at a very young age, sometimes when they were just 5 or 6 years old. They became mothers when they were barely 15 or 16, when they were neither physically nor emotionally ready for marriage or motherhood.

 
 


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