Role of Women in Family

Indian women particularly those in the north fare poorly. Girls are typically married as young adolescents are taken from their natal homes to live in their husband’s households. The consequences of women’s unfavourable status in India include discrimination in the allocation of household resources such as food and in access to health care and education as well as marriage at young ages. The Integrated child development Services Programme is to improve the nutritional and health status of pregnant women. The primary place is seen as being within the home and this value is reflected in the content and setting of most of the programmes.