Sunday 17 June 2012

Working towards empowerment of women in India

Women in India are today aware of their rights and privileges. They participate in every democratic process of the countryand their contribution in the fields of art, science, and sports, education, politics is remarkable.

Women in India play various roles – that of mother, sister, wife and daughter – successfully. Yet, women in India still depend on men for protection and help at every stage of life. As a daughter, she depends on her father; as a wife, she depends on t her husband and later, when she becomes old she needs her son.

The status of woman in 21st century is a sort of irony. On one hand, she is becoming educated and financially independent and on the other, she is suffering a lot because of superstitious, traditions and customs still being practised in India.

Women in India are still exploited to a great extent; the statistics of exploitation are appalling. The birth of a female child is still considered a curse of god in villages and towns. The process of recruitment in Punjab and many such states is still male oriented.

The current status of woman in India needs to be improved. Women’s empowerment is of utmost importance for India to progress. Through projects on women’s empowerment, we can uplift women in India. Education is the only way to women’s empowerment in India. Literacy is the only way to awareness of the fact that women are not inferior to men. Women in India are endowed with the qualities of beauty, love, tolerance, the quality of giving everything without expecting. With these qualities they can do wonders for society.

We, at Umeed are working hard to clean society of primitive rituals and improving the status of women in India. To a certain extent, we are trying to transform the male-oriented process of recruitment in Punjab to a female-friendly process. Change has begun but at a slow pace. But that day is not far away when women will share equal status with men.

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