Angels' Heart Secondary School

Women empowerment implies the ability in women to take decisions with regard to their life and work and giving equal rights to them in all spheres like personal, social, economic, political, legal and so on.

Women empowerment is the much talked about issue today. Women are increasingly getting empowerment to decide the course of their life and professions and realize their fullest potential.

Women empowerment adds to confidence of women in their ability to lead meaningful and purposeful lives. It removes their dependence on others and makes them individuals in their own right.

• It adds to their self-esteem.
• It gives them a distinct identity.
• They are able to lead their lives with dignity and freedom.
• They are able to gain positions of respect in society.

Necessity of empowerment

• Without women’s empowerment, we cannot remove injustice and gender bias and inequalities.
• If women are not empowered, they cannot enjoy security and protection in life.
• It also provides them a safe working environment.
• If not socially and economically empowered, women cannot develop their own identity.

Mamata Chhantyal

Class - 8