Empowerment of Women through Quality Educatio...

Empowerment of Women through Quality Education

Author Name : Dr. Dibya Rai

ABSTRACT

Women’s education and the concept of ‘empowerment’ has been one of the developmental objectives of the present time. Education is the strongest medium of social activity in creating a new dimension of views towards women and in adopting the partnership in different activities and in expressing her thought. Women have been deprived of their right to equality in almost every field. In other words, in a male dominated society, the subordination of women and discrimination on the basis of gender has prevailed through the millennia, irrespective of country, culture, society and civilization. If the working opportunity is done by enhancing the rate of women education, the socio-economic condition of that country is possible to increase. To develop self esteem and self confidence to have knowledge about their bodies and sexuality; to have ability make their own decisions and negotiate; to raise the women’s awareness of their civil rights; to provide skills for income generation ; to make participation in community and society more effectively and to prepare  them to be good women leaders. In this paper attempts to answer the questions related to lack of empowerment of deprived women in India due to low literacy. The paper concludes with few suggestions and steps to be followed that will cause the empowerment of deprived women.

Key words – Empowerment, women education, Strategies for women empowerment