Empowering India with Gender Equality

Achieving gender equality has become a development challenge for India. Women are entitled to live with dignity in society and enjoy freedom from humiliation, fear, exploitation and every type of violence. A girl child born today still faces inequality and discrimination in many ways. In spite of the social, political, legal and constitutional efforts, women in our country still face discrimination in access to education, jobs and participation in decision-making both in family and in society. In many other countries similar situations are also prevailing, but India must take sincere action to bridge the gap and be an example for others. After six decades and seven years of independence from the British rule, India is still way behind from the threshold of achieving gender equality in many vital sectors like education, health and economy.