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The women’s movement used several methods to raise issues. Three of them are:
(a) Campaigning: It is an important part of the women’s movement, as it fights discrimination and women-related violence. Campaigns have also led to new laws being passed. One notable example is a law being passed in 2006 that gives legal protection to women who are victims of domestic violence. A similar campaign in the late ’90s gave birth to a law that protected women from sexual harassment at the workplace.
(b) Protesting: Public protests and demonstrations are powerful tools for drawing attention to injustices. I would employ this method in order to dispel a lot of stereotypes about what women can or cannot do. Awareness alone can achieve what pressure cannot, as people themselves be convinced on their own that certain negative stereotypes are a hindrance to a progressive society
(c) Boycott: Boycotting the establishments that are discriminatory to women can be effective in ending discrimination and stereotypes. I would take the example of fairness cream campaign ads. Such advertisements reinforce stereotypes that only women having fair skin will be successful in life. It will only lead to the development of inferiority complexes in women. Thus boycotting such products will send home the message that such ads are not accepted by the general public and that they must be scrapped.