Women Empowerment in South Asia: The Role of Education in Empowering Women in India

Abstract

This study is endeavored to study the role of formal education in empowering women. Empowerment is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in adjusting one's life and demanding one's rights. Women education is an important characteristic in developed societies and used as symbol of women empowerment. The topic is well-researched in recent times; everyone knows that women are building blocks for families. There are some sociocultural aspects that give less freedom to women in few cultures. Need of women empowerment arose because women are the suppressed, discriminated and dominated by violent man all over the world and India is no different. The current study is undertaken in accordance to the South Asian countries. Further, India is taken as a case study because it is most populous country of South Asia. It is shown as very democratic and developed country by mass media. But the real picture is something else. The results of the present study reveal that a majority of the population of India is living below the poverty line. The women of India are leading miserable lives because they are treated in ill manner. But in the recent years, there are many steps by the Indian government to raise the status of the women