Status of Ao Naga Women From the Perspective of Feminist Philosophy

Abstract

The status of women was never equal with the status of men from the early society. From the ancient time women were always dominated by the male. During British period, different reformers aimed at raising the status of women through different legislation. Education played an important role for changing the status of women in society . Among the 17 tribes of Nagaland, Ao tribe is a major tribe.It is found that the traditional Ao society was based on gender essentialism. Though initially the waves of feminism did not champion equality for women in all perspective, but gradually its started receiving positive effects in Ao society.   This paper is an attempt to reflect philosophically on  the status of Ao  women in Nagaland.