STUDY ON WOMEN‟S AWARENESS ON THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS

The term women's rights refers to freedoms and entitlement of women and girls of all ages. These rights may or may not be institutionalized, ignored or suppressed by law, local custom, and behavior in a particular society. these liberties are grouped together and differentiated from broader notions of human rights because they often differ from the freedoms inherently possessed by or recognized for men and boys, and because activists for this issue claim an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls. Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, through are not limited to the right : To bodily integrity and autonomy; to vote (suffrage) to hold public office; to work to fair wages or equal pay; to own property ; to education ; to serve in the military or be conscripted ; to enter into legal contracts; and to have marital parental and religious rights. Women's have many more rights along with educational rights but the Researchers are having quiricity that how many women's are awarded about their educational rights. And haw many girls and women's are taking the facilities of policies kept by the Indian government for women's. Is they are awarded about their, Very conscious about their education rights and policies. Empowerment of women to Prevent and Respond to Gender Bases Violence through Sports Many studies show that women in INDIA as a group are more likely to get HIV. The most recent studies show that 3% of the population as a whole is HIV infected while the percentage of HIV among women is higher at 3.6%. The link between HIV and rape is clearly illustrated by the percentage of women who contacted HIV through rape in 1994 genocide. The police records for 2011 also show high rates of Gender based Violence including 321 cases of physical assault, 403 rape cases for women over 18 years of age and 2033 rape cases for children under 18 years. “The violence that women suffer during conflict does not solely arise out of the conditions of caste discrimination depending in economical ; it is directly related to the violence that exists in women's lives during peace time's. The Tamilnadu in particular is known for negative cultural practices including forced early marriages for the girl child, which constitutes rape crime. The early marriages for girls also imply that many girls do not go to school as they are prepared for marriage. This has implication on their economic security even as adult women and lack of awareness on their legal rights. There is also a gender gap in sports participation as women in India culture were not oriented towards sports and or other activities outside the domestic environment. Sports however has proved to build individual self esteem, confidence, keep people physically and psychologically fit and it also has a strong convening power and these are opportunities that Society for women's Education and Awareness development (SWEAD) in sports would like to exploit in building women's capacity to prevent and respond to Gender Based Violence. The project will take an integrated approach using sports as a social development tool using it as a mobilizing platform and also equipping women with skills in different sports for self confidence, tolerance and realization of women power to challenge the traditional attitudes on limitation of what the girl child and woman are capable and not capable of doing. The main target group are the women (Age group 22 to 35)who are members of Women self help groups committees and associations with programs for the promotion of women,s rights. The project shall be implemented in a period of eight months. We expect the following results from this project, namely, Increased women's awareness on their legal rights, Women take a more active role in preventing and responding to sexual and gender based violence , A team of sports trainers established in different fields, Women have more positive image and self worth and ready to protect their rights, Women are more informed of Gender Based Violence service providers and ready to report GBV cases and seek other support services , Formation of grassroots community based GBV action groups established.