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Abstract
If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate
a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered.
---PT. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
Education is the key factor for women empowerment, prosperity, development and welfare.
Discrimination of women from womb to tomb is well known. There is continued inequality and
vulnerability of women in all sectors-Economic, Education, Social, Political, Health Care,
Nutrition, Right and Legal etc. women oppressed in all spheres of life, they need to be
empowered in all walk of life. In order to fight against the socially constructed gender biases,
women have to swim against the system that requires more strength. Such strength comes from
the process of empowerment and empowerment will come from the education. And rural
development will come from women empowerment. This paper is an attempt to study the impact
of education in women empowerment.
Introduction:
Women constitute almost half of the population in the world. But the hegemonic masculine
ideology made them suffer a lot as they were denied equal opportunities in different parts of the
world. The rise of feminist ideas has, however, led to the tremendous improvement of women's
condition throughout the world in recent times. Access to education has been one of the most
pressing demands of theses women's rights movements. Women education in India has also been
a major preoccupation of both the government and civil society as educated women can play a
very important role in the development of the country.
What is Women Empowerment?
In the simplest of words it is basically the creation of an environment where women can make
independent decisions on their personal development as well as shine as equals in society.
Women want to be treated as equals so much so that if a woman rises to the top of her field it
should be a commonplace occurrence that draws nothing more than a raised eyebrow at the
gender. This can only happen if there is a channelized route for the empowerment of women
Thus it is no real surprise that women empowerment in India is a hotly discussed topic with no
real solution looming in the horizon except to doubly redouble our efforts and continue to target
the sources of all the violence and ill-will towards women.
Importance of women education in India
Women education in India plays a very important role in the overall development of the country.
It not only helps in the development of half of the human resources, but in improving the quality
of life at home and outside. Educated women not only tend to promote education of their girl
children, but also can provide better guidance to all their children. Moreover educated women
can also help in the reduction of infant mortality rate and growth of the population.
Women empowerment through education
Women Empowerment is a global issue and discussion on women political right are at the fore
front of many formal and informal campaigns worldwide. The concept of women empowerment
was introduced at the international women conference at NAROIBI in 1985. Education is
milestone of women empowerment because it enables them to responds to the challenges, to
confront their traditional role and change their life. So that we cant neglect the importance of
education in reference to women empowerment India is poised to becoming superpower, a
developed country by 2020. The year 2020 is fast approaching; it is just 7 year away. This can
became reality only when the women of this nation became empowerment.
Education empowers women in several perspectives. Some of the perspectives include;
(i)
women and girls. Education is vital to achieve this goal because it can help ensure
(ii)
that the benefits of growth are fairly shared with women and girls as well.
Health
Womens education is critical in helping them with an empowered approach to health
issues. Women at times die of health related diseases which could be preventable
upon education. Educated women are more likely to avoid these dangers, by adopting
simple and low cost practices to maintain hygiene, by reacting to symptoms, and by
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Conclusion
From the above we can understand that there is a positive relationship between women &
education. According to the Country Report of the Government of India, Empowerment means
moving from a weak position to execute a power. Education of women in the education of
women is the most powerful tool of change of position in society. Education also brings a
reduction in inequalities and functions as a means of improving their status within the family. To
encourage the education of women at all levels and for dilution of gender bias in providing
knowledge and education, established schools, colleges and universities even exclusively for
women in the state. To bring more girls, in mainstream education, the government is providing a
package of concessions in the form of providing free books, uniform, boarding and lodging,
clothing for the hostilities midday meals, scholarships, free circles and so on. The educational
and other policies for women empowerment should be implemented in reality for empowering
women in the world.
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