How women empowerment should happen in India?

Hey Kavitha, this is another interesting topic to participate this day. 

All governments, NGO's, Forums, civic bodies and women's organisations are doing all they can for empowering woman and fight gender discrimination. Days such as International Womens Day and Mother's Day would come every year but things stand almost where they were previous year.

Laws would be made and amended, promises made and broken but to me things shall change only when there's an undying unity in entire womanhood, be that of the country or even globally. The promises, policies, benefits et all has to come from the ones at top to all down under and this approach alone can empower all women in general.

When we talk about women empowerment in India the most important aspect that comes into the mind is the attitude of the society towards women. Women are still considered as burden and liabilities. They are also considered as properties. These kinds of attitudes give birth to the evil of violence against women. Women empowerment in India is not possible unless violence against women is eradicated from the society. National Commission of women was created in 1992 and Convention of elimination of all forms of discrimination against women was ratified in 1993.

Apart from the laws and policy formulations the violence against women can be only tackled through attitudinal change that need to take place in the family, in the society and the female members of the society as well. Only this attitudinal change and proactive action against violence by every single individual will help in galvanising the slumbering structures of the government and society towards further concrete steps and action. Unless society accepts gender equality as a fundamental principle of human existence all efforts will only partially bear results. Gender sensitisation and gender training is primary need of the hour. The struggle of gender equality should be carried at every level and it should overcome the barriers of caste, class, race and religion.

Hey,

Kavitha you say still women are still considered as burden and liabilities. They are still considered as properties. The only way to empower women is to eradicate violence against them.

Sorry to say but you have covered very little and saw only one face of coin. Do you feel, today’s women are ready to accept above attitude of society, men, No, they are not.

The live example may be you, you will not accept above attitude at any level in society. Thus the process has begun where women are been treated equally or at par. Yes, I agree with you that people underestimates women’s potential and they are still fighting for their rights, but CHANGE HAS BEGUN.

The key issues which need to be address are, low literacy rate, gender disparity on economic front, week participation in social and political front.

Government is committed for bringing the improvement in above, now women’s may be getting 33% reservation, today they drive the home in metros (culture is spreading in second tier town as well), they are given equal opportunity for any job, they are into every field today. Rs.10,000 crore is invested for  Sarv Siksha Abhian project ( every child has right for elementary education) across county for education, special schemes are run by central and state government for girl child. They just need to come forward and explore the opportunity and accept the challenges.

No law, rules and regulation can fix a problem of discrimination or violence against women. They have to help themselves. There are people to support them, it may be in form of brother, father, husband, sister…..neighbor, society.

EDUCATION AND MOTIVATION TO BRING THE CHANGE IN ITS LIFE CAN EMPOWER THE WOMEN’S. WOMEN’S CAN TOUCH ANY HEIGHTS. THERE IS EXAMPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TODAY.

Probably each one of us has suggested different ideas to empower women but let's begun from small step, Just motivate the women’s around us the change can come ….

Let's contribute our share by making our sister, daughter....neighbour realize that they are not less then anybody else in the world.....

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I beleive that most of the problems are  there with women as they are ignorant about things.

The best way to enpower the women is to educate them, the education will give them knowledge and the ability to think and understand what is right and what is wrong.

We know that by educating one women in a family that almost solves all the problems of the family. there are many legislations in our country to protect women but the problem is they are not aware of it. The government, people like ua and the government must come together to educate women.

Thus, as per my view education is the best weapon to enpower the women in our country.

Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad is a interesting socially oriented phenomena geared to women only. Since its inception in 1959 Lijjat has grown to employ over 42,000 women across India. 

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight in number. The 3rd M.D. Goal is about Gender Equality and Empowering Women. What do we have to lose if things do not improve? Human intellectual resources that remain undereducated and undervalued. However, we will still have poverty. Increasing education in any manner coupled with the ambition to improve one's life and choices makes Lijjat a remarkable feat of female operated and owned entrepreneurship. 

We ‘use’ and don’t respect a woman. We don’t treat them equal. We treat them as an entertainment and pleasure entity. We try finding ways to let them down.

As long as we don’t start respecting them from the bottom of our heart and start treating them as equal nothing will change.

A true socialism and socialism!!!!!!!!!!

I strongly feel that the best way to eliminate atrocities and violence against women is to punish the offender severely. Unlike other offences, here the offender should not be shown any mercy. For offences like molestation the Indian Law is silent.I think thats outrageous.Everyday millions of women feel unsafe bacause of this.Molestation cases are never reported why? because there are no punishments for the same.How can you libearte women when the women folk,be that a celebrity or a middle class working woman, or a poor girl, each one of them are subjected to molestation.So toliberate women "quotas" are not the only solutions..some strict laws and strict legal personnel are also required.

Adding a pie to their hard-earned money and covering them with special insurances would go a long way in liberalising women.  Working women require a supporting from family, a recognition at root to top level. 

Society should stop measuring women as 36-26-36 and start measuring their talent, enterprenuourship, mother-hood.  Women will get empowered themselves. 

First of all The system of Reservation should be abolished, Then only the Women get Confidence, otherwise they always feel that they have grown on mercy and sacrifice of others.   Or they should stop using the word "Equality"

The questionof Equality doesn't arise where there is the system of Resevation. Fight on Merit and get equal opportunity. Reservation means tying the band on the eyes,legs and hands of perfect person and winning in fight in the arena.