http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/01/india-art-fair-2014-missing-women
The Indian Art Fair, which opened Friday February 3, chose to tackle the problem of sex discrimination in India. The display of black silhouettes in the art fair represented the millions of missing women throughout India. This piece of art, called M.I.S.S.I.N.G, by artist Leena Kejriwal, is a visual response to the severe gender gap and the resulting gender imbalances in many places throughout India. Mrs. Kerjiwal recognized the problem of infanticide, gender selective abortion, and the death of girls through neglect while explaining her art piece. According to the reports from the UN Development Programs, Asia was missing about 96 million women, which resulted from neglect and infanticide in throughout India. The display of this art piece as well as others conveys India's successful attempts to raise awareness regarding issues such as sex discrimination. Through events such as the Indian art fair, people are reaching out to members of their community, asking them to help change their society for the better.
Do you think education of the public is the most effective way to eliminate gender discrimination throughout India? explain why or why not.
Explain how the display of M.I.S.S.I.N.G is an example of long-term justice.
The Indian Art Fair, which opened Friday February 3, chose to tackle the problem of sex discrimination in India. The display of black silhouettes in the art fair represented the millions of missing women throughout India. This piece of art, called M.I.S.S.I.N.G, by artist Leena Kejriwal, is a visual response to the severe gender gap and the resulting gender imbalances in many places throughout India. Mrs. Kerjiwal recognized the problem of infanticide, gender selective abortion, and the death of girls through neglect while explaining her art piece. According to the reports from the UN Development Programs, Asia was missing about 96 million women, which resulted from neglect and infanticide in throughout India. The display of this art piece as well as others conveys India's successful attempts to raise awareness regarding issues such as sex discrimination. Through events such as the Indian art fair, people are reaching out to members of their community, asking them to help change their society for the better.
Do you think education of the public is the most effective way to eliminate gender discrimination throughout India? explain why or why not.
Explain how the display of M.I.S.S.I.N.G is an example of long-term justice.
In a country where freedom and equality are founding values, we still face injustices in wages and treatment of women; the fact that India has remained a patriarchal society since its birth centuries ago does not improve matters for Indian women. Furthermore, the fact that 96 million women are missing in Asia is very jarring; luckily, several groups within India are finally realizing the gravity of the situation and are raising awareness, as seen by the art exhibition. M.I.S.S.I.N.G is a great example of long-term justice because it focuses on raising awareness about the situation and inspiring people to get involved and prevent such injustice from continuing within Indian society, instead of only helping a fixed amount of women within India. Because gender inequality is such a large problem, it is important to raise awareness as the first step towards establishing justice. Its primary focus is to educate people about the severity of the gender discrimination, which further proves that education is instrumental to change. It is important for not only women, but also males to be better educated about gender inequality and its effects within India in order to prevent this already massive problem from proliferating even more. With more groups like these, there is definitely hope that this massive problem can gradually be resolved.
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