The oldest known civilization on our lands was the Indus Valley civilization about 5000 years back. Those people worshiped a female goddess who was seen as a symbol of creation and women in that civilization enjoyed an equal status. Apparently these semi-clad hunters were more fair to women then the contemporary technologically advanced breed i.e us.
Even though a lot has been debated and bought in practice so as to empower women, much more needs to be done. We today proudly exemplify the progress made by us in women empowerment by using couple of cult names like Kiran Bedi, Bachendri Pal, Pratibha Patil and couple of others.But the list is not long given the colossal population we have.Many schemes such as Ujjawala, Priyadarshini and National commission for women have surfaced and proved effective.Though this is just the beginning of a long journey.
For any kind of empowerment, political empowerment is a prerequisite.Ours is a democratic system where the powers are vested into the elected representatives of the people and unless we have an equal share of women in parliament, the overall empowerment can not be achieved.One such bill is long pending to be introduced.Although some states have taken mature decisions in this regard by providing 50% reservation in the local government elections which is a huge stride towards eliminating the gender bias.
Education is another important aspect.As per the 2011 Census preliminary reports, though the overall literacy rate climbed to 74.04% which is a welcome sign for India, the literacy rates for females and males were 65.46% and 82.14%.The gender gap of 16.68% speaks for itself. A lot needs to be done for ensuring participation of women in education with special focus in the rural areas where the situation is worse.While framing the education policies and schemes the makers should keep in mind that-"If you educate a man, you educate an individual but if you educate a woman, you educate a whole family".
Peace comes out of the cordial existence of the two sexes.Conflicts arise only when one dominates.Domination cannot in any way be fair.And the way to bring peace is to bring the women at par with men via their empowerment. And those who claim that special treatment to women is against the equality of law should revisit the pages of history where she has been confined between the four walls and enslaved for generations.Women empowerment brings them to the center stage where they can actually realize the wide spectrum of opportunities waiting for them. Women should endeavor and men should encourage.So that the road to liberation becomes a reality.
Jawaharlal Nehru once famously remarked-" You can tell the condition of the nation by looking at the status of the women." And I believe a day will come when that statement would loose it's grandeur as on that day, women would outclass men in every sphere of consideration.
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I like the statement that if you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate the whole family.May good sense will prevail upon the leaders of our country.
Or else, let us elect those who already have good sense.Let us all vote. \m/
@ swapnil.To Elect good people we have to educate the people but problem is that educated people do not cast their vote and remain in the house and take it as holiday.
hmm sadly this is true.Democracy would loose its meaning that way :|
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