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Globalization and Its Economic & EducationImpact on Women in India
Dr.G.Sowbhagya
M.A Ph.D Pgdhe Pgdy
Assistant Professor Department of Education Karnataka State Women’s University
Abstract
This paper examines globalization and
its impact on higher education for the women in
India and also discusses the major challenges,
possibilities and opportunities that the
globalization brought to higher education.
Socially the majority of Indian women is still
tradition bound and is in a disadvantageous
position. A large group of working women of
India is in the rural and unorganized sectors.
Since globalization is opening up the Indian
economy suddenly at a very high speed, without
the required economic and social policies to
provide the much required safety net, women
who have been involved with production in the
traditional ways, have to cope with numerous
problems and yet try to avail of the
opportunities which an open economy
promises.
For this purpose it is necessary to identify oppo
rtunities and threats toeducation sector and
analyze them in a deep manner. The major
objective is to make the segment of higher
education in India more competitive globally.
Key Words: Globalization, Impact on women,
Education and Globalization, Economic Impact
on Globalization
Introduction
To understand the impacts of Globalization
on women first we have to understand the term
Globalization.
Globalization has become a buzzword today. In
everywhere of life the word has been used and
abused in most part of the world. It has become
a household phenomena now. In the last few
years, Globalization has touched almost all
spheres of life in most parts of the world.
Globalization refers to the increasing global
interconnectedness, resulting in a new world
order characterized by greater movements,
linkages, persistent interactions and exchanges.
There is an urgent need today for thinking
through a new system of national education,
commensurate with a globalized world.
In a global society people sail and sink
together. Broadly speaking Globalization is an
Indian concept which has been imported from
the developed countries of the world
considering that the world is one family and the
whole world is one village. Education system
of any nation is greatly influenced by the
political, economic, social and cultural aspects
of the society. Tremendous changes are brought
in all these aspects due to “Globalization”.
Globalization is the result of human innovation
technological progress. It refers to movements
of the people and knowledge across the
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international borders. The term has turned into
common usage since 1980s, reflecting
technological advances that have made it
easier. In general sense 'Globalization' can
mean closer contact between different parts of
the world, with increasing possibilities of
personal exchange, mutual understanding and
friendship between “world citizens” and
creation of global civilization.
Globalization is defined and interpreted
differently by different authors. According to
Robert.J.Schreiter,
Globalization “is about the increasingly
interconnected character of the political,
economic , and social life of the peoples on this
planet.”
Some other claim that Globalization is
not merely a process of economic integration,
but actual universalization and com
modification of knowledge, technology and
communication, culture, health care, heritage,
genetic codes and natural resources such as
land, forests, air and water.
But Globalization is a double edged
process as far as women are concerned. On one
hand, majority of women find themselves
stripped off the benefit of social security,
government subsidy, protection of labor rights
and safety nets. On the other hand there are
possibilities of better education facilities and
opportunities at the transnational sense which
are very attractive to the privileged few.
Economic Impact on women in India
Globalization has had an adverse
impact on all aspects, which have already been
pushed by centuries of oppression. Women
from all categories have been badly affected by
globalization economically. In rural areas the
realm of the economy, the decreasing job
opportunities and the massive retrenchments
are pushing women back to their homes,
thereby seriously affecting their ability of
social interaction, resulting in the strengthening
of feudal attitudes. Four-fifths of all women
workers toil in the fields, agricultural laborers
or or poor peasants. The trends of
retrenchments in the cities and industrial
recession has meant that there are even ways
for women to leave the village. Women, who
are anyhow treated as second-class citizen in
the existing semi-feudal environment, have in
this period of globalization, been marginalized
even further. In addition the increasing
economic hardship, adds to the enormous
burden in looking after the home, where every
small saving entails greater labor. The
traditional role of women in livestock animal
husbandry, Agriculture, Khadi and village
industries including handicrafts, hand looms
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fisheries etc, is being undermined because
mechanization and automation is becoming
prevalent in the market based economy which
will adversely affect the village based
traditional economy. Here social injustice is
becoming an accepted reality. The weak , the
poor and the inexperienced ones are pushed to
the outer rims of the society. Globalization
works for the benefits of the rich while the poor
become commodities since they are used as
cheap labor. It is very clear that the present
economic pattern no longer serves the interest
of the majority of the people. It rather destroys
the lives of many people due to its unjust
distribution of wealth, exploitation and
deprivation of basic needs. Indeed, it has
created a situation of marginalization,
exclusion and social disintegration. Particularly
in the rural areas their hardships their
degradation and their humiliation has increased
enormously.
But, in the last few years, in globalized
urban Indian women tend toward the relative
economic independence which is viewed with a
degree of ambivalence by many men. Due to
globalization structural change in the
economics of the region has also played an
important role in altering the status of women.
Girls who once stayed at home until marriage
are now potential earners as they tale jobs in
the multitude of factories producing clothing
and consumer items for export. From small
towns to big, snug families to urban alienation,
young women are going the extra mile to earn
their living and carve out new careers. Be it a
Flight planner or Squadron leader, or
investment Bankers or the country heads of
foreign banks or chiefs of marketing and sales
at Microsoft India or Infosys or assets
managers of large mutual funds or private
banking institution, animation to media to
fashion designing women seem to have come a
long way and travelled the roads less taken
hitherto. And even a wide range of service
sector jobs for eg., IT, BPOs, Medical
transcription, data entry, geographical
information systems, office clerical jobs,
airlines ticketing, customer care are being
handled by women. But it does not mean that
all the sectors in which women are working
earning and thus becoming strong are wrong
but there are lot's of sectors which are
exploiting women for this sake and thus it
should be thought deeply and should be
stopped.
In spite of all the factors, it is also a fact
that, due to economic impact of globalization
working overseas in women increased and
working overseas is a post modern condition as
women extend the parameters of working
outside the home to its max. Potential working
