Alongside rights against sexual harassment and dowry, which issues has the women's movement fought for?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Land rights and employment
Option (1) Forest rights and displacement — Incorrect. Forest rights and displacement are concerns of tribal and environmental movements, such as the Chipko movement. They lie outside the issues the women's movement fought alongside sexual harassment and dowry.
Option (2) Land rights and employment — Correct. Along with rights against sexual harassment and dowry, the women's movement fought on land rights and employment. Its campaigns also brought important legal changes.
Option (3) Temple entry and inter-dining — Incorrect. Temple entry and inter-dining belong to anti-caste movements against untouchability. The women's movement took up land rights and employment instead.
Option (4) Crop prices and debt relief — Incorrect. Crop prices and debt relief are demands of peasant and farmers' movements. The economic issues of the women's movement were land rights and employment.
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