“Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and feminist movement has been patriarchal.” Apart from women education and women empowerment schemes, what interventions can help change this milieu? (Answer in 250 words)

Women’s achievements have expanded, but patriarchal norms continue through unequal care work, violence, restricted mobility, occupational segregation and control over sexuality and property.

Social and institutional interventions

• Reform curricula and media to challenge stereotypes; teach consent, constitutional equality and shared care from early schooling.
• Engage men and boys, community leaders and workplaces in norm change rather than treating gender as a women-only issue.
• Ensure fast, survivor-centred justice, safe transport, childcare, sanitation and gender-responsive policing.
• Guarantee equal property, inheritance and workplace rights; enforce equal pay, maternity protection and anti-harassment systems.

Political and economic measures

• Support women’s collectives, unions, representation in institutions and leadership pipelines.
• Recognise unpaid care through public services and social protection; improve data on intersectional disadvantage.

Keywords: constitutional values; governance; public institutions; accountability; inclusive development.