Assistant Professor of Law, Rajeev Gandhi Post Graduate Law College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 46203
Online published on 9 December, 2015.
Gender justice is not a recent phenomena, crime against women have been committed since antiquity. Any traditional custom that places women in subordinate positions within society or in the family has the potential to turn violent. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru said that-“If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a women you educate a whole family”.1 Indian history and mythology have given place of pride to women. Sita, Savitr, & Draupadi are the women whose names strike the mind immediately. We are also familiar with a record of Maithreyi and Gardi, the Vedic Scholars, who mastered the Vedas and Upanishads facing much opposition. Over the years of first half of 20th century, the struggle continued and women coined the phrase “Bread & Roses” after James Oppenham's poem of the same name. The reference to “Bread” is freedom from hunger, and “Rose” is the satisfaction of the wants or wishes.
