Women Empowerment and Indian Provisions for the protection of women

Abstract

To find out some answers and understand why we say preserve girl child, empower women only, we need to ponder on the basic question of understanding the structure of family and society. The primary unit which is family is comprised of two genders one is male and another is female. A boy who grows into a man and girl into a woman. Can we imagine or has seen any family with one gender? Can we imagine a society having only male or only female? Thus, we grow in the family, society which has both the genders and that too equally important. One cannot exist or life cannot sustain with the only one gender. God has created a magical balance for the sustenance of human beings among both the genders, where both are equally important.  The 21st century's most pressing issue is women's empowerment. The eighth millennium development target, "Gender Equality and Women Empowerment," was also declared by the UN to be accomplished by the year 2015. Considering the existing situation, the goal is still distant from being achieved in India. It is a sincere effort to draw attention to the role of women, their significance, and their unwavering support throughout the pandemic despite all the problems and obstacles to their empowerment. Gender disparity still exists at a significant rate with regard to access to school, work, independence in household matters, and reproductive rights, despite all the efforts made by the government, social welfare groups, NGOs, and other national and international entities. Facing intolerance and curiosity over time, there is a crucial need to eradicate all social and cultural evils, barriers in their overall development, gender-based violence against them, to reach the goals of equitable society. In order to achieve the objectives of an egalitarian society, it will be necessary to eliminate all social and cultural evils, obstacles to their general development, and gender-based violence against them. This research paper aims to evaluate the status of women in India today, with a particular focus on their rights and empowerment and to address the obstacles and gaps in the effort to reduce gender inequity at the ground level. The present study is done using a comparative and analytical research design. We may be able to achieve gender equality if we have access to education, a quick legal system, awareness of and compliance with laws, the realisation of women's rights, employment opportunities that accept women as equal and productive human resources, and grassroots efforts to eradicate all social evils.