Almighty International Society

Concerns

Over the past few years women ‘s issues have emerged as the focal point Almighty International society's Activities. The following background information about India highlights some of our major concerns:
In the last 100 years, sex ratio has declined from 972 to 933 women for every 1000 men in India. According to the 2001 Census, Punjab has only 922. Female infanticide, selective abortions of female fetuses, and neglect of girls’ health and nutritional needs are the reasons for this gap.
In India , one women dies every five minutes from a pregnancy related cause. These include unsafe delivery practices, inadequate nutrition marriage and pregnancy, a lack of control over fertility and lack of access to water, sanitation and healthcare.
Only 44% of women in Punjab can read and write. Of the few girls who are enrolled in schools, over 60% drop out before completing their first of education. Reasons include early marriage, restrictions to their mobility imposed by their families and the difficulty of freeing their time household tasks and income – generating activities.
Violence against women is on the rise, with rape, dowry death and torture by husbands and in laws showing the highest rate of growth in Punjab. Every 34 minutes, a women is raped in India. Every 26 minutes, a women is molested. Every 42 minutes a sexual harassment incident occurs. An 93 minutes, a women is killed by her in- laws because of dowry disputes.