GENDER INEQUALITIES OF SARTANG TRIBE IN WEST KAMENG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH

In every society women’s prime role starts with her responsibility towards her family. Both the male and female have assigned different tasks in the society. Mostly the lighter tasks for women and strength task for male folk. To make an overview of the gender inequalities, an effort has been made to cover the various aspects of women in the society. Such aspects in gender inequalities are occupation, education, ownership of property, right to political activities, religious activities, sex and marital affairs, family affairs/household duties, health etc. The Sartang tribe is one of the lesser known tribe of West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh. The family set up is patriarchal where the father is the head of the family. This tribe bears the total population of 5000 persons approximately according to the recent survey conducted. This paper mainly focus on gender inequalities of Sartang tribe with respect their socio-economy and political activities