Women Empowerment
Quote from a women from a village from Rajasthan
``I want to live in dignity, I do not want to be reduced to a state of helplessness where there is no respect for me as a human being - yes, that's what I want, I want to live in dignity.''
According to the village women, to live in dignity means fulfilment of basic needs like clean water, toilets, fuel, food and house; education, freedom of speech, clean environment, freedom from violence, justice, society where men and women are treated equally; mobility, exposure to the outer world.
Abstract -: Women consist of a major and a very important part of the world population and their participation in the development of mankind is very essential at all levels but extremely critical at the grass root level. Most of the women at the grass root level are not imparted with good education as they are dominated by male society and suffer from gender inequality. In this essay we will discuss how communication for social change can play an important rolein women empowerment, gender equality, and education in the light of participatory model of communication, edutainment and discuss the UN Millennium goal that focuses on Gender equality and women empowerment keeping in mind articles of Universal declaration of Human rights. This essay will also discuss how a women from different backgrounds act as a catalyst for change in villages of Rajasthan, India at the grass root level as act as a role model for others.
Women have played a vital role in development of society since ancient times. Their contribution has been exceptional at all times but the irony is that they have never been appreciated in male-dominated society because of their gender. Gender inequality has been the major cause of women community being left underdeveloped in most parts of the world. Because of these inequalities women are far away from enjoying their human rights like education, right to live, speech and various other basic rights of women has a
``I want to live in dignity, I do not want to be reduced to a state of helplessness where there is no respect for me as a human being - yes, that's what I want, I want to live in dignity.''
According to the village women, to live in dignity means fulfilment of basic needs like clean water, toilets, fuel, food and house; education, freedom of speech, clean environment, freedom from violence, justice, society where men and women are treated equally; mobility, exposure to the outer world.
Abstract -: Women consist of a major and a very important part of the world population and their participation in the development of mankind is very essential at all levels but extremely critical at the grass root level. Most of the women at the grass root level are not imparted with good education as they are dominated by male society and suffer from gender inequality. In this essay we will discuss how communication for social change can play an important rolein women empowerment, gender equality, and education in the light of participatory model of communication, edutainment and discuss the UN Millennium goal that focuses on Gender equality and women empowerment keeping in mind articles of Universal declaration of Human rights. This essay will also discuss how a women from different backgrounds act as a catalyst for change in villages of Rajasthan, India at the grass root level as act as a role model for others.
Women have played a vital role in development of society since ancient times. Their contribution has been exceptional at all times but the irony is that they have never been appreciated in male-dominated society because of their gender. Gender inequality has been the major cause of women community being left underdeveloped in most parts of the world. Because of these inequalities women are far away from enjoying their human rights like education, right to live, speech and various other basic rights of women has a