21.7% of women face gender disparity at workplace while 28.2% face at 'home' and 50.1% in 'marriage'.

‘A survey showed that 84.1 percent of Indian women feel 'dowry demands' as the most severe form of gender disparity in marriage.’

When women were asked 'Where do women face disparity', 21.7 percent of respondents said workplace, 28.2 percent of them said 'home' and 50.1 percent of them said 'marriage'. 




Probed further, when the women were particularly asked about the 'most severe form of gender disparities in marriage', 84.1 percent of the respondents said 'dowry demands'; 7.3 percent said 'change in lifestyle and identity'; followed by 8.6 percent who said 'wedding expenses'.
In terms of 'disparities in the workplace', 38.9 percent of the women asked, said 'promotion hindrance during pregnancy', followed by 51.6 percent women who said 'compensation inequality', and 9.5 percent of them said 'lack of recognition/credit for the work they perform'.
Talking of 'disparities at home', it emerged that 42.1 percent face issues of 'unequal sharing of load among spouses/male siblings', whereas 40.6 percent said 'decision-making power', and followed by 17.3 percent said 'childcare'.
The men surveyed expressed that gender disparities need to be removed from the society.
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When 2905 married men in the survey were asked about 'where do they think women face disparity', 15.8 percent men said 'Home - if they have male siblings', 37.5 percent said 'Workplace - they are expected to have work-life balance', while 46.7 percent said 'Marriage - they have to adjust and compromise more than men'.
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Commenting on the survey, Gourav Rakshit, CEO, Shaadi.com said in a statement: "As leaders in the online matchmaking industry, we, at Shaadi.com believe that equal partnership in marriage leads to happy married life. We are glad to learn that Indian youth believe in the same. This survey reaffirms and strengthens our commitment towards a vision of a gender equal society, especially in regards to dowry."
Source-IANS