A comparative study on Perception of Human rights between male and female students at the undergraduate level.

Abstract

Human rights are inherent to all human beings. These are worldwide. Gender equality is at the very heart of human rights and United Nations values. After independence Indian women empowering themselves in an accelerating range, they are joining their male counterparts in politics, economy, business, law etc. but it does not mean the emancipation of Indian women or the enjoyment of human rights by Indian women in general. Most Indian women are still waiting for equality, and many are forced to live what may be considered subhuman lives (Murtaza, 2012). Therefore in the present study to know the views of male and female in relation to their human rights an attempt has been made to study, the perception of male and female students towards Human rights at the undergraduate level. For the study, descriptive survey method was adopted. Data has been collected using a self-structured questionnaire. From the findings, it is noticed that Perception of Human rights differs between male and female students.