Everything you need to know about Women’s Empowerment

“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.”

- Hillary Clinton

 

Who here has ever faced that you deserved promotion but you didn’t get it? Who here faces on an average that you should eat after the men in your family? Who here faced at some point of their life that others were given an unfair chance? 

 

Lastly, who here feels that you would have achieved more if you were not just tied up in household work? Who here feels deprived of deserving oppurtunities because they had to give up their studies or jobs, to take care of their families?

 

Well, it’s the 21st century but still, we face gender discrimination on many levels. That’s why Women's Empowerment is necessary. This article discusses what exactly Women Empowerment is, what it entails is, and offers some examples of it in society, 

 

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Women Empowerment:- What is it?

 

Women's empowerment can be described in a variety of ways, including respecting women's perspectives or making an effort to seek them out, as well as elevating women's position via education, awareness, literacy, and training. 

 

Women's empowerment empowers and allows women to make life-changing decisions in the face of societal issues. They may be able to reinterpret gender norms or other similar roles, which may provide them greater flexibility to pursue desired goals.

 

It is directly related to female empowerment, which is a fundamental human right that is also critical to establishing a more peaceful and prosperous world.

 

Female empowerment is frequently connected in Western nations with distinct historical stages of the women's rights movement. This movement is typically divided into three waves, with the first commencing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when suffrage was a prominent component. 

 

The sexual revolution and the position of women in society were part of the 1960s' second wave. Third-wave feminism is commonly regarded as having begun in the 1990s.

 

Here are a few principles of Women's Empowerment that all women crave for in a business set up. 

 

• For businesses to develop high-level business leadership for gender equality.

• For businesses to treat everyone equitably at work, while also respecting and promoting non-discrimination and human rights.

• For businesses to ensure the health, well-being, and safety of all employees, male and female.

• For businesses to promote women's education, training, and professional growth.

• For businesses to implement supply chain, marketing, and business development techniques that empower women.

• For businesses to be a champion of equality via community service and activism.

• For businesses to track and report publicly on their progress toward gender equality.

 

Women Empowerment Assessment

 

Women's empowerment may be quantified using the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), which evaluates women's political and economic engagement in a specific country. 

 

GEM is computed by measuring "the proportion of seats in parliament held by women; the proportion of female legislators, senior officials, and managers; and the proportion of female professionals and technical employees; and the gender inequality in earned income, showing economic independence." Given this information, it grades nations.

 

The Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) seeks to provide a uniform standardized way to measure women's empowerment; nevertheless, it has been criticized for failing to account for diversity in historical causes, female autonomy, gender segregation, and women's voting rights.

 

Why are women lacking behind?

 

You might have come across these things a zillion times but still, in 2022, we are speaking about it. Female foeticide is still common and women are dying even before their birth. It’s true that as compared to the 90s and early 2000s, the rate has reduced. 

 

But the lower doesn’t deny its existence. After she is born, sometimes the own family of the girl discriminates against her over everything. And once, a girl has her first menstrual cycle, then more restrictions in some rural areas. Yes, unfortunately, these things are still prevalent in many areas. 

 

Even talking about the menstrual cycle is considered taboo and people would refrain from talking about it. And there have been so many articles of girls having to drop out of school because they started having their periods. Hence, it proves that there are so many reasons that restrict a girl/woman to receive a proper education. 
 

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Why is Women Empowerment Important?

 

Whether a woman wants to be a successful mother, an entrepreneur, actor, or any and every profession that she finds advantage in, that’s women empowerment.  

 

Women Empowerment doesn’t mean that it has to be education-oriented only. Its simply about women having equal chances and oppurtunies as men. Lieutenant Shivangi Singh India’s first Rafael Pilot became a part of IAF’s Republic Day Tableau. What makes me wonder is that she is the second woman to fly a fighter plane, nearly 34 whole years after Lieutenant Hilal, the first male Rafael Fighter Plane Pilot in the year 1988.

 

Women's empowerment and autonomy, as well as improvements in their political, social, economic, and health status, are all essential goals in and of themselves. Furthermore, it is required for the attainment of sustainable development. Full involvement and cooperation of both men and women is essential in productive and reproductive life, including shared responsibility for child care and nurturing, as well as home management.

 

How can you empower women?

 

Standing alongside and supporting women is a good place to start. Women are present everywhere, from companies and schools to families and communities.

 

Gender equality underlies all of World Vision's work, and there are many wonderful activities you can participate in to help women's rights in poor countries. When you sponsor a girl, you may provide her with the means to obtain an education and reclaim the rights she is due. This is a critical approach for females to be empowered to mature and affect their generation – and the next.

 

Educate yourself by learning about issues that impact females, such as child marriage.

 

Discover what World Vision is doing to effect change. Learn more about our strategy to assist girls in overcoming gender inequity.

 

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Women Empowerment Envision

 

“Women don’t need to find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.”- Meghan Markle

 

We all think that happy, informed, and powerful girls and women can be agents of change.

 

When women and girls are empowered, they have more opportunities to fight for their rights and for their society. They can also advance in social standing, which they can pass on to succeeding generations.