Empower Women of Tomorrow

 

 

 

           “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family” said, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. During my time in India I have increased an enhanced view of awareness on the boundaries between men and women. Although effects have improved there is a major gap in the social economic views of women still today in society. Education is a milestone that can break those boundaries, help women advance in life additionally, changing lives forever. It is unfortunate that India is such a populous country, having abundant resources, advancing technologies but still lack the equality of men and women opportunities. Life as a woman living in the united states and having access to education so freely has made question what laws are implemented in India on education? The statistics of literacy rate for men versus women?

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            Moreover, due to the lack of education for women this can also result to the effect of their poor health care. Which leads me to further discuss the topic of my article, Approval given for Draft National Policy: Girls from poor families to get free education. This article dialogs the approval given by a group of ministers, whose approach is free education for girls from poor economic families and a health card for women. Furthermore, it is said to believed that women who are from a poor economical background and are accused of petty crimes that cannot provide bail are to likely benefit from this action. This is relevant to my experience here in Mysore, as I am here for Global health in India and extremely interested in the health care systems, specifically dealing with women’s health and cervical cancer. During my stay in Mysore, I am viewing first-hand the dynamic of this issue with health care and the separation of women and men. How inferior women are, it is time for a change to help those and improve their skills and knowledge to women of all ages not just children. With a broader education in general women can benefit not only with health but many aspects in life.

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            Women represent nearly half the population in the world. According to statistics the world average female literacy rate is 79.7%, while in India the average rate is 65.46% (Wforum, 2018). Whereas the men’s literacy rate is over 80% rendering to Literacy Rate 2011 census. These stats alone implement how socially essential it is to progress the gap between men, women and equality. With all of this in mind the kind of effective actions I could take to this article in response is my campaign. To raise awareness not only to those in India, but to society in general about these issues going on globally. Since there is a lack of education in multiple regions I hope that my campaign can help those women understand the severity of their health and give them the drive to go to health care providers on a regular not just once in their lifetime. Due to the lack of education and importance of health care this puts women at a higher risk of health matters down the line.

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            Additionally, others can have a completely different view point or concern from what I have received from this article. One might think that there should not be implemented laws on education for women let alone free education for them, women are inferior and not of importance. That women are supposed to be house wives, home raising the children not bothered about education and gaining knowledge. These different viewpoints or opinions maybe due to their religions, beliefs and traditional values they hold, or simply the fact that they have nonexistence respect for women as a whole. On the other hand, society can also see the need for a brighter future for these women, give them hope. Help them advance out of the poor economic life they were brought upon in. These children are our future so why not invest in them to help them grow and make the world a superior place.

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            My overall reaction to this article was genuine contentment, to know that things will be improving for those who do not have the same advantage as others in India, specifically women. Although it may take time to see a drastic improvement, this gives women the chance to change their lives and the possibility to move out of the poor economic background they are currently living in. This just ensures me that I do crave a healthier life for everyone, and it doesn’t matter the race or age everyone should be entitled to equality. I believe that education should be free to all, unfortunately not everyone agrees with this circumstance. This would give many children across the world the equal right to have plenty of opportunities in life. Education is so important on so many levels, the vast knowledge, skills you obtain, to change the world into something better, and help you develop a greater perspective on life in general. Today all development agencies in India agree on the importance of value education and the need to empower women in order to promote and maintain family, health, nutrition and general well-being of the people in the society (Abraham, 2017).  

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IndiaToday.in. Approval given for Draft National Policy: Girls from poor families to get free education. Retrieved from https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/draft-national-policy

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Abraham, M. (2017). Value education and women’s empowerment: A Compelling priority of Christian educational Institutions in India. Education Culture and Society, 7(2), 21-28. doi: 10.15503/jecs20172.21.28

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Singh, K., (2016). Motherhood International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Development: Importance of Education in Empowerment of Women in India 1(1), 39-48.

 

Women’s Education In India: Facts And Statistics On Importance Of Female Literacy. Retrieved from https://women-s.net/womens-education-in-india/