Introduction Women in India face discrimination in terms of several political, and economic opportunities as a result of their inferior status. Majority of women cannot inherit parental property and political and employment participation are very limited. Gender inequalities prevail in work, education, allocation of food, health care and fertility choices. On the other hand, at the family level women are exclusively burdened with household chores- cooking, cleaning, collecting fuel and water and caring elderly and children Several social institutions like the family, education system, media, religion, legal system and so on contribute to the construction of gender and reinforce patriarchal values. Gender gets manifested through different kinds of controls on women – on their production, reproduction, sexuality and mobility.