Right of freedom

Is freedom gender specific? Why in country like India still parents or in laws decide if a girl can pursue her career or not? Why the talent in a girl is ignored over her age of marriage? Arundhati is a bright young cricket player who is keen to join Indian Women's Cricket Team but her father is against it. Did she gave up and married or something changed her father's mentality? Did she get the right of freedom on this Independence day?