Women are one of the most vulnerable sections of the society in the patriarchal Indian society as they depend on the men of the family for them. In spite of national legislation as well as international conventions and agreements to protect women’s health rights, the protection of women’s rights has not yet been protected in the true sense. Factors determining awareness of women’s health rights such as status of women in society, economic dependence of women, anti-women health practices and traditions etc. These are the prominent factors for lack of awareness about health rights among rural women as compared to urban women. Rural women need to be given economic freedom to make decisions about their own health. The present study covers health-related rights in women, the level of awareness among women of urban and rural areas has been determined by using comparative method of research in Bhagalpur district of Bihar selected as the study area of the research on the basis of purposeful research problem.  A total number of 30-30 educated women from urban and rural areas of Bhagalpur district were selected through random sampling. Therefore, in the present study, the research problem was chosen as a comparative study of awareness among rural and urban women of Bhagalpur district, with the aim of finding out the level of awareness about health rights among women.

Keywords: Women’s Health Rights, Constitutional Guarantee, Vulnerable Sections, Determining Awareness, Basic Health Services.