To empower,
implies, to inculcate a sense of power, a sense of independence and a sense of
confidence consequent to the endowed ability of honing the inherent proclivity
to stand on one’s own feet.
There is plenty
of talk, yes, that women are empowered enough. “We have women in politics.”
“Women in Movies!” “Women in Medicine!” “Women in sports.... Women in Space,
Even!” But that’s not enough, isn’t it? While these wonderfully enterprising
and inspirational women are out there blazing trails, one cannot ignore the
plight of several women who still struggle on a day-to-day basis, and something
as simple as empowerment eludes them.
Women have an
immense and incomparable potential to contribute to economic growth, prosperity
and societal evolution. Gender-based violence of any kind, affects women
globally, and does not just destroy lives, but actually, winds up breaking the
very backbone of society, depriving the world of the talent it urgently needs.
Women are, doubtless, agents of change. The innate penchant for being able to
manage a household within the confines of a shoestring budget, whipping up a
meal despite being desperately in demand from all quarters of a household,
keeping a whole house together- women have the ability to do all of this and
more. Women can, and are, the champions of a successful society, and the
forerunners for global order and peace. Society cannot successfully tackle the
challenges that confront it on every front- be it the environment, security,
economics, development, and more, if women are not engaged at every level of
society.
So why is
empowerment the means to do it? In sum, circumscribing women’s participation
and leaving a large part of the potential they possess, insultingly untapped, a
lot of setbacks come from actually keeping women from participation on equal
footing. Women can, and do make a difference. Give them a chance.
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