Empowerment of Women Through Education-A Human Rights Perspective

The status of Women-Social, economic, political and the like-In India today is much higher than in ancient and medieval periods. Women today enjoy many more rights like social and legal and have greater freedom and voice, and participate more freely on public affairs. But it is also true that they are still discriminated, harassed, humiliated, dominated and even ex-ploited-National and international efforts in the form of conventions, commissions and instruments were Launched for me cause of Human Rights of Women, Social reforms and social thinkers believe that in a nation like India giving education to women in as large as possible can prove to he a panacea for many of problems of women. Accordingly, much attention is paid to the education of women after independence and the literacy level is increased steadily. In spite of several positive trends women are still subjected to Human Rights Violations, especially their Rights to Education. "The human rights help to women empowerment, such as the human right to equality between men and women and to equal partnership in the family and society. Realization of this human rights depends on eliminating gender based stereotypes in education which denied women opportunities for full and equal partnership and the rights to work receive wages that contribute to an adequate standard of living which strengthen the women participate in shaping decisions and policies affecting one's community, at local national and international levels. "You can tell the condition of nation by looking at the status of its women"