STUDY OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

'Why are girls better achievers? Girls finish things Boys tend to be more erratic and are weaker in approaching learning systematically, Shahana Ahmed, Teacher, Lahore 'I am uncompromising in the matter of women's rights. I am of the opinion that she shall labour under no legal difficulties which are not suffered by men. So long as women in India do not take equal part with men in the affairs of the world and in religious and political matters we shall not see India's star rising' Mahatma Gandhiji A woman has the right to happiness, the right to know, the right to make choices that affect her life and the right to have her opinion respected regarding her own body and her place in the family and in society. A woman has a right to respect within here family, the community and society. An empowered woman is free from enslavement, free from mental, physical and moral abuse from her family, social group or nation and she enjoys the right to develop herself to her full potential, spiritually, intellectually, artistically, socially and politically according to her choice. Moral abuse is to subject women to remarks that accuse is to subject women to remarks that accuse and shame her for moral profligacy, if she does not conform to the dictates of the patriarchy or does not show respect to her husband or in laws in ways that they demand. She may be accused of taking a lover without any sign or evidence of this being the case. It is necessary to confront age old patriarchal social attitudes that consider a woman to be less important than a man. She has been deprived of basic human, social and political rights for many centuries society can no longer justify these attitudes and their practices and behaviours. Our civilisation has suffered and become damaged as a result of this lack of understanding This programme on values and spiritually seeks to establish that empowered women are essential to bring balance and harmony into the world Women need to claim their rightful position of equality and complementarily with men in order to restore equilibrium in society. Social development is obstructed by archaic patriarchal social attitudes People who hold them need to recognise the legally defined rights of women in Indian society The attainment of women's rights is an effort for human rights. The Importance of women A woman is as important as a man. From ancient times to the present, women's labour and effort, often unnoticed and always uncalculated, have contributed substantially to the well-being of society. A woman is called the first guru of a child. A child is nurtured physically, emotionally and spiritually by the mother. Therefore the mother is the key to the quality of the text generation. If the mother is aware of her value, if she is valued and respected by the family and society, if she enjoys her rights and privileges as a mother, wife and daughter, then these elements are transmitted to both her daughters and her sons. If the wife is aware of being an equal partner with equal rights to the wealth and status of her husband, she can contribute her wisdom, her aesthetic sense, her love and her spiritual beauty to the marriage and enhance the quality of life of the extended family If the girl child is received at birth the happiness and love that is the fundamental right of a newborn, she is a light and a source of joy and contentment in her parents' home. If she enjoys the level of education that tones her intellect to its optimum potential, she can shine in all the social roles she plays. If a widow enjoys the undiminished prestige, love and support of her family and community, she can retain a sense of dignity to the end of her days serve through the wisdom of her experience.