Education and Woman Empowerment: An Overview

The present research paper highlights the importance of education for women empowerment. It discusses how higher education is discouraged for girls in patriarchal society. In the dearth of proper education women are weak mentally and psychologically. It reveals how women empowerment is not possible in the absence of education. In this paper an attempt has been made to explain the factors which are essential for women empowerment, and how these traits can be inculcated in behavior through education