Situation of Tribal Women in South India’s Economy

The status of Tribal Women has been like a moving equilibrium various time and in various parts of the globe. It has sometimes been liberal and other times of constraint and subordination. With regard to India, gradual variations are marked in the writings of Vedic, Puranic, Medievel and Modern age Writers. The constitution of India guarantees several rights to Scheduled Tribes. Various studies on the South Indian tribals have always ignored tribal women though they continue to constitute half of the tribal population. Predominantly, the male bias remained largely unrestricted as such studies were by and large, carried out bythe male. The latter extracted information from male respondents, as the women were comparatively difficult to approach due to their inherent reluctance for the purpose. Women have been playing a significant role in the society and culture and will continue to do the same in future. Even when the intimate relation of man and woman is accepted and women have been occupying a very important status in the social milieu, the treatment of men and women has been differentiated in social structure as well as social organization.

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