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Spinning Change: Analyzing Gandhi's Role in Advancing Women's Political and Social Rights During India's Freedom Struggle

Author(s) Punugoti Kavitha, Dr. Siraj Khan
Country India
Abstract The impact of Mahatma Gandhi on the empowerment of women held a central role in the Indian struggle for independence is a complex and controversial historical account. The paper will consider the ideology and practical efforts by Gandhi in promoting the political and social rights of women during the period of 1920-1947. By examining his working relationships with some of the most influential women leaders, his encouragement of women to join civil disobedience campaigns, and his support of economic self-reliance by promoting the manufacture of khadi, this paper will illustrate an important, albeit complicated, contribution of Gandhi in the catalysis of women's political mobilization. The study uses the archival data, statistical data of women's involvement in major movements, and historiography to prove that the policies of Gandhi led to the involvement of about 15000-20000 women in the Salt March (1930) and also led to the participation of women in political processes. Nonetheless, this paper does not ignore the contradictions in Gandhi, both in terms of politics and social ideology, as a conservative reaction to the role of women in the traditional context. The paper concludes by finding that though the system offered by Gandhi offered women unprecedented chances to engage in the public, the viability and extent of this empowerment was still curtailed by patriarchal boundaries of not only his vision but the greater Indian society. This study is part of the academic discussions of decolonization, gender movements, and the aftermath of the non-violent resistance movements in South Asia.
Keywords Gandhi, women empowerment, Indian independence movement, political participation, civil disobedience, Khadi production, gender activism, Satyagraha.
Discipline Other
Published In Volume 3, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-11
DOI https://doi.org/10.62127/aijmr.2025.v03i03.1189
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