Human rights education: a key to social development

Every individual has the human right to education. It is because only through education a society can be developed in its proper direction. Women are considered as the integral part of society. Hence, there cannot be an educated nation without educated women. The destiny of a nation is moulded and fashioned through its education and in this; the education of women has a strategic importance. But the general plight of women in the society is a saga of bias and disregard. Traditionally women have been compelled to play the second fiddle in every sphere. Women continue to face discrimination at all levels of education, a fact which poses tremendous obstacles to the development of social environment.

However, now women are no less proficient than men in any field. They have ultimately disregarded their homely image and are now making meaningful contribution to the progress of the nation. But is the progress made by them an all-encompassing phenomenon, or is it confined to some specific cases only? Have the all women of society been educated or empowered? It is precisely these questions that this paper will attempt to throw some light upon.