Empowering Women
EMPOWERING WOMEN
SYNOPSIS
1) INTRODUCTION 2) The women who blazed the trail 3) Microscopic Minority 4) Sad Plight of Women 5) Empowerment is the only answer 6) What is empowerment 7) Women who proved well due to political empowerment 8) Political Empowerment at the National Level 9) Position in Panchayats 10) Reservation in Parliament and Assemblies a myth ? 11) Social Empowerment 12) Role of NGOs in social empowerment 13) Steps taken by Govt for social empowerment: 14) Empowerment paves way for glory 15) CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION: “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing,” said Swami Vivekananda. But through centuries, societies in the world over have been trying to fly on only one wing, denying women their rightful place. The greatest champions of women’s rights have been great men like Gandhiji, Raja Rammohun Roy, Ishwarachandra Vidyasagar, Maharshi Karve and ironically those who have systematically exploited and degraded them have also been of a largely-male dominated society. The very concept of women empowerment shows that society as such has given a raw deal to women – who comprise nearly fifty percent of the population and women themselves have to come forward to fight for their rightful place in all walks of life and prevent their exploitation in every field. Women, who number 498.7 million according to the 2001 census of India, represent 48.2 percent of the country’s population of 1,027.01 million. Let us analyse the ways and means for empowerment of women.
The women who blazed the trail
Quite often we are carried away by the roll call of honour – the name of few luminaries who have left their footprints on the sands of time or who are fighting lonely battles – Indira Gandhi, Sirimao Bandaranaike, the first woman Prime Minister of a country (Sri Lanka) in the world, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Golda Meir, the first woman Prime Minister of Israel,
SYNOPSIS
1) INTRODUCTION 2) The women who blazed the trail 3) Microscopic Minority 4) Sad Plight of Women 5) Empowerment is the only answer 6) What is empowerment 7) Women who proved well due to political empowerment 8) Political Empowerment at the National Level 9) Position in Panchayats 10) Reservation in Parliament and Assemblies a myth ? 11) Social Empowerment 12) Role of NGOs in social empowerment 13) Steps taken by Govt for social empowerment: 14) Empowerment paves way for glory 15) CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION: “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing,” said Swami Vivekananda. But through centuries, societies in the world over have been trying to fly on only one wing, denying women their rightful place. The greatest champions of women’s rights have been great men like Gandhiji, Raja Rammohun Roy, Ishwarachandra Vidyasagar, Maharshi Karve and ironically those who have systematically exploited and degraded them have also been of a largely-male dominated society. The very concept of women empowerment shows that society as such has given a raw deal to women – who comprise nearly fifty percent of the population and women themselves have to come forward to fight for their rightful place in all walks of life and prevent their exploitation in every field. Women, who number 498.7 million according to the 2001 census of India, represent 48.2 percent of the country’s population of 1,027.01 million. Let us analyse the ways and means for empowerment of women.
The women who blazed the trail
Quite often we are carried away by the roll call of honour – the name of few luminaries who have left their footprints on the sands of time or who are fighting lonely battles – Indira Gandhi, Sirimao Bandaranaike, the first woman Prime Minister of a country (Sri Lanka) in the world, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Golda Meir, the first woman Prime Minister of Israel,