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Working Women Cause Of Unemployment, Says Chhattisgarh School Textbook

Working Women Cause Of Unemployment, Says Chhattisgarh School Textbook
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NOIDA, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Despite the order from DIOS to wear full sleeves shirts and pants, students of government primary and private schools seen wearing half-sleeve shirts, on September 18, 2015 in Noida, India. As Delhi/NCR battles its worst dengue outbreak in five years, authorities are grappling with complaints of medical negligence and insufficient infrastructure. According to municipal corporation officials, over 2,000 people have tested positive for the vector-borne disease. Delhi remained in the grip of panic over dengue as two minor girls died of it taking the toll to 16 on a day the number of people down with the mosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000 as hospitals across the city continued to reel under acute pressure. Patients struggled to secure beds even as several hospitals have started emptying wards belonging to other departments to accommodate dengue patients. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NOIDA, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Despite the order from DIOS to wear full sleeves shirts and pants, students of government primary and private schools seen wearing half-sleeve shirts, on September 18, 2015 in Noida, India. As Delhi/NCR battles its worst dengue outbreak in five years, authorities are grappling with complaints of medical negligence and insufficient infrastructure. According to municipal corporation officials, over 2,000 people have tested positive for the vector-borne disease. Delhi remained in the grip of panic over dengue as two minor girls died of it taking the toll to 16 on a day the number of people down with the mosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000 as hospitals across the city continued to reel under acute pressure. Patients struggled to secure beds even as several hospitals have started emptying wards belonging to other departments to accommodate dengue patients. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

NEW DELHI -- The Class-X social-science textbook in Bharatiya Janata Party's Chhattisgarh reportedly says that ""working women are one of the causes of unemployment" in India.

Soumya Garg, a 24-year-old teacher from the tribal Jashpur district, has petitioned the Chhattisgarh State Commission for Women against the content, The Times Of India reported.

"Does it mean that percentage of unemployment is measured on parameters keeping only men in mind? In the age of technology and gender equality, students can't be taught about such prejudices. Women have equal right over jobs with men." She had filed a complaint with women commission about a month ago but is yet to get a reply," she told the newspaper.

In a chapter on economic challenges in the Hindi-language textbook, it is explained that percentage of unemployment after independence has increased as women in all sectors have started working, TOI reported.

"Commission will acknowledge the issue immediately and agreeing on the objection, I would personally write to chief minister and minister for education to consider the matter. Women are integral part of human resources in today's age who are equally competent to men. They can't be held responsible for unemployment in country," said Harshita Pandey, women's commission member.

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