Women Empowerment through Education

Women empowerment can be defined in simple words that it is making women powerful so that they can take their own decisions regarding their lives and well-being in the family and society. It is empowering women to make them able to get their real rights in the society. Empowerment means moving from powerlessness to a position of power. Education is an essential means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence, which is necessary to full participation of the women in the development process. It is to bring equality in the society for both male and female in all areas. Women empowerment is very necessary to make the bright future of the family, society and country. Women need fresh and more capable environment so that they can take their own right decisions in every area whether for themselves, family, society or country. In order to make the country fully developed country, women empowerment is an essential tool to get the goal of development. The First Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in one of his speech has rightly said, “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered”. This paper attempts to examine the Role of education in empowerment of women and Importance of women education in India with a view to gaining an insight into its impact on the economic empowerment and social empowerment.