Shared Aspirations, Fragmented Realities: Contemporary Women’s Movemnent in India: Its Dialectics and Dilemmas

Abstract

The resurgence of women’s movement in the 70’s which has been termed as the `new wave’ or this `second wave’ of women’s struggles, has raised many issues.  In what ways does it differ from the earlier movements?  Which particular issues concern contemporary women’s movement?  What are the new strategies of mobilisation for socio-economic change?  Women are continuously searching for answers through an understanding of the specific nature of their oppression and the social, cultural, economic and political context within which the issues need to addressed.