International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 3 5 2014 May 14 Indian Women’s Movement after Independence 46 54 EN KarNabendu Sekhar 1 Department of Geography, Ballygunge Campus, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019, INDIA Mondal Anushri 1 Raghunathganj Girl’s High School, Balighata Rd, Raghunathganj, West Bengal 742213, INDIA Roy Debasish 2 Geography, Ahiran Hemangini Vidyayatan High School,West Bengal
 Noraniza Yusoff 1 School of Government, UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies (UUM COLGIS) 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah DarulAman, MALAYSIA Manigreeva Krishnatreya 1 Department of Hospital Cancer Registry, Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati-781016, INDIA Hoque Nazmul 2 Jagannath DevSharma 3 Kataki AmalChandra 4 Manzoor Shazia 1 Department of Social Work, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA Shabanakhurshid 2 RajdeepKaur Reena 1 Economics Department, C.D.L.U., Sirsa, Hariyana, INDIA Nikita 2 Ramchandra Pramanik 1 Political Science, Jhargram Raj College (Govt), Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, INDIA Somingam Mawon 1 Department of Cultural and Creative Studies, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong, Meghalaya, 793022, INDIA Shonreiphy Longvah 1 Dept. of Political Science, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, 793022 Gull Raashida 1 Department of Sociology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA Shafi Aneesa 2 > Research Article 2014 3 31 2014 May 14 The Indian women’s movement building on the nineteenth century social reform movement progressed through the period of nationalism and freedom struggle towards the milieu of democracy which was established in India with the achievement of independence. The achievement of the constitutional guarantee of equal rights for women could not fully realize the feminist aims in India providing a new momentum to the Indian women’s movement. The new women’s movement is expressing itself in the form of new organizations and groups which are emerging, new agitations and campaigns which are taking place to fulfill the dream of women being emancipated. It is in this background that the present paper attempts to understand the various aspects of the women’s movement and track the shifts witnessed by it in the post-independent era. New debates and issues are emerging in the course of evolution of the feminist movement. The paper makes an attempt to present a picture of how these debates and issues are shaping women’s question in India. Copyright@ International Science Community Association