NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 5 Women Change the World

Many people believe that women make better nurses because they are more patient and gentle. This is linked to women’s roles within the family. Similarly, it is believed that science requires a technical mind and girls and women are not capable of dealing with technical things.

Many people believe that many girls do not get the same support that boys do to study and train to become doctors and engineers. In most families, once girls finish school, they are encouraged by their families to see marriage as their main aim in life.

Engine drivers are men. But 27-year-old Laxmi Lakra, from a poor tribal family in Jharkhand has begun to change things. She is the first woman engine driver for Northern Railways. Laxmi says, “I love challenges and the moment somebody says it is not for girls, I make sure I go ahead and do it.” Laxmi has had to do this several times in her life – when she wanted to take electronics; when she rode motorcycles at the polytechnic; and when she decided to become an engine driver.

We live in a society in which all children face pressures from the world around them. Sometimes, these come in the form of demands from adults. At other times, they can just be because of unfair teasing by our own friends. Boys are pressurised to think about getting a job that will pay a good salary. They are also teased and bullied if they do not behave like other boys.

In the past, the skill of reading and writing was known to only a few. Most children learnt the work their families or elders did. For girls, the situation was worse. In communities that taught sons to read and write, daughters were not allowed to learn the alphabet. Even in families where skills like pottery, weaving and craft were taught, the contribution of daughters and women was only seen as supportive. For example, in the pottery trade, women collected the mud and prepared the earth for the pots. But since they did not operate the wheel, they were not seen as potters.

Learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya because after learning alphabet they could achieve their goals and fulfill their dreams and contribute the society. Rashsundari Devi: Wrote “Amar Jiban”, first autobiography written by an Indian woman. Ramabai: She set up a mission in Khedagaon where widows and poor women are taught variety of skills from carpentry to running a printing press. Rokeya: She started a school for girls in Kolkata in 1910 and thus helped other girls to get education.

The statement in question is not true because of the following reasons: There is no facility in rural areas especially in Adiwasi areas. Not even any proper school nearby their villages. No teacher in the schools. No school nearby their homes. No transport facilities for going to the school which are generally far away. Families are too poor to afford schooling expenses. Discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, religion and sex. Preference to boys only for education.

The two methods of struggle that women’s movement used to raise issues are Raising awareness through street plays, songs and public meetings. Protesting through public rallies and powerful way of drawing attention to injustice. I would like to choose raising awareness because I think violation is not a justified method against this.