Deepa Narayan, a social scientist, an Author wrote in her book written on Indian women that “ it is also considered a shameful thing in a family if the daughter-in-law has killed herself, so families make up other reasons.” Housewives, being a group that is less aware and financially dependent on the other family members for treatment opportunity, are left to struggle aloe with depression and anxiety. Hence a greater suicide rate was seen among Indian housewives. The three main problems of suicide are Domestic violence, Dowry, Economic dependency.
We can focus on two types of solutions. First solution are those which can help women recover from issues like depression and mental health. Foe example, our Government can extend or increase their spending on mental health and its awareness. Now this solution is very important it would solve the root cause of the problem. The problem would be solved when the problem actually starts to exist. To solve the root cause of this problem we must give more paid opportunity to women so that they become economically independent. And to do so, we must improve our transport infrastructure, and also by increasing rural manufacture. The IHDS survey found that the construction of either a kuccha or a pucca road increased the odd's of women participation in non-farm work by 1.5 and 1.4 times respectively.
Other than the economic opportunities we also have to change peoples mindset including women themselves. In 2018 according to a survey, 33% people from states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh said that it is acceptable to beat a women if she does not take care of the child and rather goes onto earn money outside. 1% said that it is acceptable to beat women if she cannot provide good food to her husband. These statistics tell us why it is so important to change cultural attitudes. Imagine is we ban dowry by some law, if we end domestic violence or e every women in this country starts to work and becomes economically independent, yet if we were not able to change the cultural mindset of people all this goes into vain. The mindset will take them to any level to continue all of the social norms. One thing our government can do is use a framework called Innovation Diffusion Framework. According to this framework, to bring change in a community you need to identify the key leaders of that community and change their attitude so that these people can change the attitude of people around them and their society in general.
Many women who committed suicide in their lives due to household problems are still stuck with it or some of them have gotten free from it. And the once who did are working towards helping such women as themselves to get their lives on track. Women across the world who have fought this have and came out of that circle said that they feel blessed that they have changed their life. They want to tell other women as well that suicide is not an option. Just take steps for yourself and fight the world. Our community should also provide some resources to other housewives who set themselves free from such a relationship so that the can have better future a fresh start.
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