Women empowerment means giving equal status to women with man, making them economically independent, self-reliant, socio-politically conscious and decision makers. Empowerment of women is a global problem.
“Women empowerment is the redistribution of social power and control of resources in favour of women.”
Role of education in women empowerment :
"If you educate a man you educate a man, but if you educate a woman you educate the whole family. Women empowerment means empowered Mother India." Women education in India plays a very important role in the overall development of the country. It not only helps in development
Half the human resource, but in improving the quality of life at home and outside. It would not be unreasonable to say that education is the key to all problems. Thinkers have given many definitions of education but the most important definition among these definitions is the one which was propounded by M. Phule.
According to M. Phule, “Education is that which shows the difference between good and bad”. If we consider the above definition, then we come to know that whatever revolutions have happened in our history, education is based on them.
Education means modification of behavior in every aspect, like Educated women in terms of mindset, attitude, attitude etc. not only promote the education of their girl child but can also provide better guidance to all their children. Apart from this, educated women can also help in reducing infant mortality and population growth.