Women empowerment

Women in India comprise about 50 percent of the total population. But the Indian women are deprived in terms of empowerment,education,health and workforce as compared to western countries.Even our south-asian counterparts are progressive in matters pertaining to gender equality.

The enrolment of girls in primary education has impressively improved since independence.However,in matters of higher education, vocational training or skill development, women lag far behind the male section of the society.Similarly,representations of women has increased in Panchayats and urban local bodies through legislative measures.But,representation in Parliament and state legislatures reveal a sad picture due to lack of political will among the decision-makers.Thus,the proportion of women is considerably low in decision making process.

Crimes against women have been on the rise.We have enough laws and legislations to deal with crimes against women.But empirical evidence shows that laws are a necessary but not sufficient to overcome the social malaise of discrimination against women. What is important is that we need to consciously change our patriarchal mindset and make concerted efforts towards empowering women.It is important to tackle the cause of the disease rather than the symptoms.Therefore gender sensitization at the family level is imperative and boys must be psychologically trained to respect their sisters and mothers.

There goes the famous saying”If we educate a man,we educate a man,but if we educate a woman,we educate a generation.”Education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to improve the condition of women. Education has a salutary impact on reducing IMR,MMR and containing undernutrition in children.