Education and Upliftment of Women

Abstract

The greatest revolution in a country is the one that affects the status and living conditions of its women’ ~Nehru~ The upliftment of women also gained importance with the attainment of independence in India in 1947. The independence of India opened up an unlimited horizon for the welfare activities for the women. The demand for the equal status in the constraints of the traditional system was long pending. So equality between women and men was the cornerstone of welfare policies towards women since independence. Mahatma Gandhi through his writings, and even more with his success in mobilizing women for various national movements, transformed the views of the national leadership about women’s potential contribution to the nation. He, thereby, showed to the masses about his commitment towards equality. The status of women and their social relationship was also due for a change as necessitated by the new social, political and economic organizations in society on the broader perspective. Perhaps it was only through the routine factors of processes of social change, namely, education, economic, historical, sociological, political and lastly influence of modernisation, all this had an interdisciplinary impact on the Society in general and women in particular