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EXPLAIN women's movement.

Women's movement refers to the struggle by women to achieve equal status in society by getting access to education, healthcare, prevention of domestic violence, voting rights, equal wages, passage of laws to prevent dowry. The movement includes many organisations that work for the upliftment of women and uses different strategies to spread awareness, fight discrimination and strive for justice. Campaigning, protesting, raising awareness and showing solidarity are some of the methods adopted to achieve its purpose.

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 The feminist movement (also known as the Women's Movement, Women's Liberation, or Women's Lib) refers to a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage,etc.

The movement began in the western world in the late 18th century and has gone through three waves: the first wave was oriented around the station of middle or upper-class white women, and involved suffrage and political equality. Second-wave feminismattempted to further combat social and cultural inequalities. Third-wave feminism includes renewed campaigning for women’s greater influence in politics.

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Women and girls now have the right to study and go
to school. There are other spheres – like legal reform,
violence and health – where the situation of women
and girls has improved. These changes have not
happened automatically. Women individually, and
collectively have struggled to bring about these
changes. This struggle is known as the Women’s
M o v e m e n t
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