B.R. AMBEDKAR PERCEPTION ON GENDER EQUALITY

Abstract

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is popularly famous as the chief planner of the Indian constitution, and also as an icon for the Dalit rights movements in the country. But Ambedkar believed that women have a key role to play in the emancipation of oppressed communities, and this could be done by ensuring their own rights to property and education. Ambedkar was a great supporter of emancipation of women. He inspired them to attend more to the cultivation of the mind and the spirit of self- help. According to him the progress of a community is measured by the degree of progress which women have achieved. He wanted to see them as their husbands’ friend and equal but not their slave. He also believed that education is as important for women as for men. He was a feminist. He rendered great service to women while giving them rights in the political and social field and bringing changes in favour of women under the Hindu Marriage act.their is no doubt that the ill treatment, humiliations and cast based barriers which Ambedkar faced right from his school days to the end of his life, still exists in the society. He not only traced the roots and evils of Indian society in his lifetime, but also offered suggestions and remedies for eradicating them. In this paper Dr B R Amdedkar perception on gender equality will be discussed.