Research Scholar, PTU, Jalandhar, India
Online published on 16 September, 2016.
‘Women’ an inseparable part of society but still it suffers a lot due to misconceptions and old beliefs. Today in 21st century we come ahead in the world in materialist way but still there is still backwardness in thinking. Women continue to feel to be a weaker section of society. In spite of opportunities throw open to her in various fields along with some labor saving gadgets in the house, she still seeks a place as an independent and honorable human being. The concept of equality and justice has exercised a powerful emotional appeal in the struggle of women to free them from age old oppression. Swami Vivekananda also said that nation can develop only if there is respectful place for women. He also said for the development of women needs to provide them quality education. The empowered women is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description. Education enables women to respond to the challenges by providing them opportunities and changing their life. Therefore we cannot neglect the relevance of education in respect to women empowerment as it becoming super power, a developed nation by 2020. Education helps them to actively participate in matters like Social, Economic, and Political issues and make their decisions. There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. It is also rightly said that a successful women is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks other than have thrown at her. Thus, the present paper attempts to look into the dynamism of the process whereby women empowerment is achieved while discussing various issues.
Women Empowerment, status of women, opportunities & issues