1Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore
2Professor of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore
Online published on 15 February, 2013.
Gender discrimination is one of the issues concerned in development process, practically developing countries facing the problems of gender inequality which leads to growing emancipation of women. Elimination of gender inequality is one of the millennium development goals India being a 7th largest country in the world as per population, has the highest women illiteracy. The barriers in the traditional society made the women to be deprived and suppress. The paper highlights the issues of the women education in India and the problems faced by women.