Women Empowerment and Development

In order that a country progress and prosper, the constituent comprising of half the population needs to be elevated and given equal status sooner so that the objective of development and prosperity is achieved. Whichever country has done it faster the quicker they have achieved their goal as most civilised and progressive society. Untill Women are empowered and developed with respect to living conditions, quality of life, liberty and freedom of speech and gender equality, the prosperity of the society do not occur and society do not evolve which has been the experience specially of the last century.

Hence the importance of empowering women and development of the women of the country is much desired to achieve the overall perspective of progress who are otherwise silently contribute towards the growth as a Nation. We need to pay heed to our near major or equal voice which is otherwise silent but expressive in the form of results in the society in delivering in the areas of literacy, growth, maturity and prosperity. All these progress parameters heavily depend on mothers and their upbringing.

Here the famous quote of Swami Vivekananda prevails, “Can you better the condition of your women? Then there will be hope for your well-being. Otherwise you will remain as backward as you are now.”

“A country is successful when it treats its WOMEN well” is what the President of the United States of America Mr. Barack Obama had said just before leaving India during his last concluded visit on 27th January 2015.

Development of Women thus is of paramount importance for a country to evolve and excel towards development and advancement, amounting to spread of civilization. A country is said to have evolved better if women are well educated, in leading positions in various occupations, able to exercise free speech, able to enjoy equal rights with that of men etc., among numerous requirements of a civilized society. In India, so far women have not been receiving adequate attention in more or less a traditional male chauvinistic society and therefore there existed a huge gender disparity and inequality.

In order to eradicate the various anomalies Government of India has come up with various policies over the period of time since independence. Following are the few of the policies and actions undertaken over the years.

Many noted personalities in the past have always stressed that mother and girl child needs to be taken care in terms of education, upbringing and even ensuring adequate nutrition, which the misinformed males of the societies are not aware of. Hence it was omnipotent to spread awareness that if the girl child and the mother are not cared for, it leads to the degradation family to that of the society and in fact society as a whole becomes weak.

Hence the subject of women development assumes importance and discussed as below in Indian context. Although multifarious programmes were drawn it needs to be implemented in grass root levels with outmost sincerity to produce desired results, which will be evident from the progress of the society.