We have observed that women of different social, political, cultural and economic status have different issues with respect to their
rights. Indigenous people (Kehal/Mor) women, as compared to women of neighboring communities -we can say the settled communities- have traditionally enjoyed equal status to their men.
However the men of these communities are increasingly adapting to behavior of typical men of mainstream society. They are asserting their newly assumed status of family heads and learned notion of male honor. Reportedly distribution of work and its benefits among Kehal/Mor women and men had been quite fair in the past. The major livelihood activities like harvesting wild bushes, weaving of baskets, cages and ropes and women and men did hunting together. In view of the decreased traditional livelihood sources, begging has emerged as their major income source, which is viewed as a responsibility of women. Increase in begging has affected women in three ways: one, begging replaced the traditional creative work and
so turned the women from artisans to beggars; two, it has exposed women to harassment and violence while begging in the neighboring markets and streets and there, children are the immediate victim of this shift in livelihood source. Women have to leave their children back in huts when they go for begging normally for a period of 4-5 hours a day.
Increasing livelihood dependence of Kehal/Mors on neighboring Muslim communities has badly influenced their celebration culture. These indigenous groups were once democratic in social and cultural behavior but under the influence of neighboring communities they fast becoming discriminatory against women. For example Kehal/Mor women and men used to sing and celebrate in groups normally but now the situation is changing swiftly. The
Women of settled communities are more deprived.In the settled communities can be categorized with respect to their economic and social conditions. With respect to economic condition they are divided into three main categories one who do not own any land second who have small land holding and the third who are big land holding. In the last two categorized the main issue of the women is right to land. According to inheritance law the women has right to land but due to cultural values, 98% women could not get her land rights. Keeping her deprived from her land the kin men kept her in wall boundary so that they can arrange her marriage according to their wish. The family men member do not allow girls to education therefore the education level in women is very low. The condition of women is more verse Sayyad social group. They are very rigid to women rights. The condition of women in land less group is relatively better they have the mobility; they take part in income generation activities but over all they are also under the control of men.
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pro natureHowever the men of these communities are increasingly adapting to behavior of typical men of mainstream society. They are asserting their newly assumed status of family heads and learned notion of male honor. Reportedly distribution of work and its benefits among Kehal/Mor women and men had been quite fair in the past. The major livelihood activities like harvesting wild bushes, weaving of baskets, cages and ropes and women and men did hunting together. In view of the decreased traditional livelihood sources, begging has emerged as their major income source, which is viewed as a responsibility of women. Increase in begging has affected women in three ways: one, begging replaced the traditional creative work and so turned the women from artisans to beggars; two, it has exposed women to harassment and violence while begging in the neighboring markets and streets and there, children are the immediate victim of this shift in livelihood source. Women have to leave their children back in huts when they go for begging normally for a period of 4-5 hours a day.
Increasing livelihood dependence of Kehal/Mors on neighboring Muslim communities has badly influenced their celebration culture. These indigenous groups were once democratic in social and cultural behavior but under the influence of neighboring communities they fast becoming discriminatory against women. For example Kehal/Mor women and men used to sing and celebrate in groups normally but now the situation is changing swiftly. The Women of settled communities are more deprived.
In the settled communities can be categorized with respect to their economic and social conditions. With respect to economic condition they are divided into three main categories one who do not own any land second who have small land holding and the third who are big land holding. In the last two categorized the main issue of the women is right to land. According to inheritance law the women has right to land but due to cultural values, 98% women could not get her land rights. Keeping her deprived from her land the kin men kept her in wall boundary so that they can arrange her marriage according to their wish. The family men member do not allow girls to education therefore the education level in women is very low. The condition of women is more verse Sayyad social group. They are very rigid to women rights. The condition of women in land less group is relatively better they have the mobility; they take part in income generation activities but over all they are also under the control of men.
