Which of the following characteristics are associated with the Women's Movement of post-1947?

(A) Involvement of women in nation building task
(B) Growth of autonomous women's movement
(C) All women suffer discrimination at uniform level
(D) Change in ideology and organizational strategy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (B) and (D) only

The correct answer is Option (1) - (A), (B) and (D) only

(C) All women suffer discrimination at uniform level: This statement is not accurate. While women face discrimination, the nature and intensity can vary based on factors like caste, class, religion, and location.

(B) Growth of autonomous women's movement: The post-independence era saw the rise of independent women's organizations addressing specific issues faced by women, such as dowry, violence, and workplace discrimination.

"An issue that is often raised is that if there was an active women’s movement before 1947, what happened afterwards? One explanation has been that many of the women activists who were also involved in the nationalist movement got involved in the nation building task (A). Others cite the trauma of Partition responsible for the lull.

In the mid–1970s, there was a renewal of the women’s movement in India. Some call it the second phase of the Indian women’s movement. While many of the concerns remained the same that there were changes both in terms of organisational strategy, as well as, ideologies (D). Apart from organisational changes, there were new issues that were focussed upon. For instance, violence against women. Over the years, there have been numerous campaigns that have been taken up. You may have noticed that application for school forms have both father’s and mother’s names. This was not always true. Likewise, important legal changes have taken place thanks to the campaign by the women’s movement. Issues of land rights, employment have been fought alongside rights against sexual harassment and dowry.

There has been a recognition too that while all women are in some way disadvantaged vis-a-vis men, all women do not suffer the same level or kind of discrimination (C is incorrect). The concerns of the educated middle class woman is different from the peasant woman, just as the concern of the Dalit woman is different from the ‘upper caste’ woman."