New Hope For The Villages Of India Analysis

New Hope for the Villages of India documents the story of progressive change for women of developing villages in India. Throughout the documentary, several courageous women spoke about emerging from seclusion in order to serve in their communities by teaching other about family planning. These women are fighting for their rights in a gender-biased culture as they transform and teach other women about taboo subjects, such as reproductive health and their own bodies (Atwell). Family members support and encourage these efforts, including a village husband who works side-by-side with his wife in a male-dominated culture going against social norms. His mother believes that her daughter-in-law should work in the community rather than in seclusion …show more content…
One particular non-profit group, Janani, encourages Indian village women and men to learn about family planning resources and helps make it available to them as options. Janani is a non-profit health organization founded in the state of Bihar, India by DKT International, which is a charitable non-profit organization that promotes family planning and HIV prevention through social marketing. Through Janani, women can become rural medical practitioners and counselors. I think that the documentary helps show how times are evolving and how women are trying to emerge from a suppressed culture so they can be respected in society, regardless of their status. This movement allows women and men to work together in a society where the people still believe in the caste …show more content…
The conflict theory is a perspective is derived from Karl Marx, who saw society as fragmented groups that compete for social and economic resources (Crossman). Social order is maintained with power, in the hands of those with the greatest political, social, and economic resources (Crossman). According to the conflict theory, inequality exists because of those in control of a disproportionate share of society’s recourses. Whereas most sociological theories focus on the positive aspects of society, the conflict perspective focuses on the negative, conflicted and ever-changing nature of society (Crossman). The documentary explains how women in impoverished villages in India are trying to break social norms and work together with their husbands in order to make family planning resources available and improve their status in villages. Gender discrimination has tragic consequences in India. The practice of female infanticide is still being flourished among poor villagers who are desperately seeking sons. In the villages, females get less food and medical attention, they begin working at a young age and get less schooling than