Women empowerment (International Women’s Day)


I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Maya Angelou 

The phrase ‘women empowerment’ these days has become obsolete to some due to its over usage and pseudo intellectuals' belief that women empowerment has already been achieved, but has it?

Certainly yes if its meaning is confined to sharing social media posts once a year or taking your girlfriend/ wife out on dinner or flashing “sale" signboards to lure women customers.

An apparently more rational argument would highlight the various laws and policies made in the name of women's upliftment, but laws on paper do not translate into equality at ground zero.

8th March shall be celebrated as International Women’s day across the globe, with this year’s theme being #ChooseToChallenge – challenging all stereotypes, bias, and discrimination.

Women empowerment in its TRUE sense means equal opportunities and equal participation of women in all sectors worldwide along with the ability to make her own decisions without any sort of societal pressure.

Why is it important?

Empowering women is essential to the health and social development of families, communities, and countries. They can contribute their skills to the workforce and can raise happier and healthier children. They are also able to help fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.

Writer Virginia Woolf once said,

“There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind”. Organisations such as ORCO and people such as Malala Yousafzai, A Muruganatham, Mary Kom, and many others dared to rise up and break every lock, every bolt that tried



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