Report Writing :: Women Empowerment in India [200 Words]

Report Writing on Women Empowerment in India

Women Empowerment in India

                        Women empowerment means emancipation of women from the vicious grips of social, economical, political, caste and gender based discrimination. It means granting women the freedom to make life choices. Women is being with senses, imagination and thoughts; she would be able to express them freely. Individual empowerment means to have the self-confidence to articulate and assert the power to negotiate and decide.

                         In 1975, the first meeting UN conference of women and development was held at Mexico city under the Motto, "Equality, Development and Peace". We all know the ratio of girls is less as compared to boys in our country, India. And it is due to the orthodox mentality of society who wants to have boys and not girls. In true sense, patriarchy has decided the course of women's lives throughout ages. The needs for women empowerment arose because of the gender discrimination and male domination in Indian society since ancient times.Women are being suppressed by their family members and society for many reasons. During the British Raj many social reformers such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and jyotirao Phule started agitations for empowerment of women and finally for their efforts Sati was abolished and the 'Widow Remarriage Act 1856' was formulated. Although women indian have made a considerable progress in the seven decades of independence still the battle is only half won. They still have to fight against many social evils that are oppressing them and deteriorating their status.Still so many things create hurdle and resists women progress in India.

                       Women empowerment, in the truest sense, will be achieved only when there is attitudinal change in the society. Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest son of India, quoted that "There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing".

Credit :: Rup Kumar Mitra

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