The world would not be complete without the contribution of
women. Women have an important role in social, economic and cultural
development of the nation. Very magnificently, women have carried the position
of the mother, wife, sister, etc. Today's urban women are more confident. The
women in urban areas have more opportunities and advantage, then the women
residing in the rural sectors. The rural women are unable to get the proper
nutrition, better education, employment, and other basic needs.
Many women do not get the proper nutrition, especially
during the pregnancy and lactation period. The lack of food and nutrition not
only affects an individual, but also affects the society. Women empowerment is necessary
so that the women can understand the importance of proper intake of food and
proper hygiene. We need to empower women with the knowledge of prenatal care,
breastfeeding, and vaccination of the newborn baby so that the women and
infants will stay healthy.
Education is a weapon to eradicate the social evil from the
society. Educating women mean not only to provide the schooling facility for
the women, but to teach them for their knowledge and enhance their personality.
Through education, we can reduce the poverty and improve the livelihood of the
women. According to the survey done in the year 2001, the female literacy rate
is 46.4% and 69% of male. About 82.14% of the adult men are literate in India
while only 65.46% of adult women count under the educated list. Through
education, women get the confidence and courage to fight against the
discrimination such as gender inequality, female feticide, dowry demand, early
marriages and many other offenses that women are facing every day. The Uttar
Pradesh police started women helpline service known as Women Power Line for the
protection of distress women. The members of the WPL spread awareness among the
women to fight for their rights and not to tolerate any violence or harassment.
The Women Power Line educate the rural women and provide the safety tips like
always keep the main door closed, construct the window grills embedded in the
cement work, take care of valuable items such as mobile phones, purses, etc.
The members of the WPL also advise the rural women to make proper sanitation
near the house because most of the women faced offense while going to the
toilet away from the house. Good sanitation is necessary for maintaining the
personal, as well as environmental hygiene and health.
Educated women can earn and help in reducing the poverty
rate. It also helps in boosting the economic growth of the country. An educated
woman wants her daughter to be educated and employed. Empowering women in terms
of financial education, information and technology are compulsory in the
present modern world. Women and girls have less interest in the financial
issues because of the lack of the financial knowledge. We need to provide the
financial education to women and girls so that they can effectively manage
their families and take confidently financial decisions. We need to encourage
women for using the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools in
the proper way. The information and technology provide many opportunities to
the women for their development. The telecommunication technology is widely
developed in most of the rural areas; still many rural women do not know how to
use the mobile phones. The members of WPL educate the rural women for using the
mobile phones so that the women and teen girls can contact the police at the
time of emergency.
The rural women can establish small scale business to become
self-dependent and self-reliance. Establishment of the micro enterprise by the
women is an effective tool for the economic and social development of the
society. Women can start a business like bakery, laundry service, agarbati,
jewelry, and papad making. Women face tremendous hurdles when they start their
enterprise and sometimes the women became the victim of violence. According to
the research, women become the victim of domestic violence because they earn
more than their husband. The harassed women can immediately seek help from WPL
service. WPL encourage those women who fight for their rights and provide full
protection to them. One can dial 1090 number from any part of the Uttar Pradesh
to avail the efficient service of women empowerment. The Women Power Line
creates awareness for the women empowerment and provides protection to the
women and girls at the time of emergency.
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