In certain areas of India, progress is being made and an increase in the
enrollment of girls in schools and as teachers has begun to increase. Efforts
are still being made to improve the level of education that females receive to
match that of male students. The unfortunate reality is that the high illiteracy
rate among women confines them to lower paying, unskilled jobs with less job
security than men. Even in agricultural jobs where the work of men and women are
highly similar women are still more likely to be paid less for the same amount
and type of work as men.
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