The empowerment of women.

In the simplest of words empowerment of women is basically the creation of an environment. Women can take independent decisions for their personal development as well as shine as equals in society. Women empowerment is vital to sustainable development and the realization of human rights for all. The rules the man and woman play in the society are not biologically determined. They are socially determined changing and changeable. Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. The major challenges are discrimination against women in the form of gender-based violence. Economic discrimination, reproductive health inequities, and harmful traditional practices which remain the most pervasive and persistent form of inequality. 

Key issues and linkages include; reproductive health problems including maternal mortality and morbidity is a major cause of death and disability for women in developing countries. Thus there is a need to empower women on this count through provision of adequate conditions. Women also need economic empowerment as women face discrimination in the economic sphere. About  two-thirds of the illiterate adults in the world are female. Hence educational empowerment for women is needed which leads to lower infant mortality and lower fertility as well as higher level of economic opportunity for children. 

Political empowerment facilitates equality of women in basic legal and human rights, in access to or control of land or other resources, in employment and earning, and social and political participation. Thus a multipronged approach is being used to remove inquality of  women vis-à-vis man. Laws against domestic violence are being strengthened.