Crimes against women

Another women's day is gone. Speeches were made, tweets, pictures, statuses posted, and at the end of the day, everyone went home, the status of women unchanged. Gender inequality is still widespread. Rapes, domestic violence, sexual abuse at schools and workplaces, dowry deaths, female feticide and infanticide, harassment, female genital mutilation, slavery, forced prostitution are just some of the more common forms of crimes against women and gender injustice. The world needs a change of attitude where women are treated as equals. Even developed nations are prone to gender inequality. Women comprise fifty percent of world population and form a major part of the workforce. Still they do not have an equal share in the world's wealth. Women need a major representation and men need a change of attitude to change the current scenario. Men need to accept women as their equals and not feel threatened by them in the workplace to ensure a fair atmosphere. And women need to understand that their struggle is greater than the token celebration of women's day.