Women constitute 3.82 billion in the world (According to the UN Population Division). Women being a constant contributory to the economic factor are still considered to be anonymous to the world. Women play a significant role in our lives, from being daughter to a mother. Women help to shape the lives of people in an enormous number of ways. Kashmiri women have been prone to many changes throughout their lives. It leaves a great impact on the Kashmiri Society. Women have been discriminated by the same sex since ages but no concern has been raised for the issue till now. It needs to be controlled and curtailed so that it won’t affect the growth of women in our societies. The objective behind the paper is to aware the people of the discrimination happening in our surroundings and to reach to the point where people will be able to raise a voice against it especially women of our society that are being victimized throughout their lives. This paper mainly lays stress on the discrimination against women by women in Kashmir. The paper starts with the introduction to the concept to discrimination with respect to women and includes the instances that are based on research work in Kashmir. The study has been carried out in different regions of Kashmir. In this study, survey method has been used for the collection of the data. The result of the research is not satisfying but enriched with the instances of discrimination. In conclusion, many factors were responsible for the growth of such behavior in our society.
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