Is the progress of women a myth?

In the past decade, woman empowerment has unquestionably elevated. Many women in India have stable working jobs, sufficient income and independency.

However, is this really enough ?

"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." —Melinda Gates

Unfortunately, in advance society such as nowadays women are still mistreated and considered to be inferior. Women in India still endure acts such as rape, acid throwing, dowry killings, and the forced prostitution of young girls. Women from a very young age have been expected to aspire to marriage, to make life choices, keeping in mind that marriage is most important and a vital priority, why do we not teach boys the same thing? Women are often raised to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishment but for the attention of men.

"I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century." —Hillary Clinton

So are the women really empowering? Why should women be fearful and cautious when they step out onto the streets, why do women have to worry about what they wear and how they act in public? Instead of teaching your daughter to be appropriate when they are out in public why not teach our sons to BEHAVE, and to have respect to the people around them. Why do we praise the birth of a son yet grieve the birth of a daughter. Why should women be oppressed and looked down? Why is a woman who is partying out with her friends considered as a vulgar girl? Why women are denied the privilege of education? Does anyone have an answer to these questions? Until any man or woman can come up with a reasonable answer to any of these questions. We need to continue our fight for women; we need to teach the society, if a man can get an educated so can a woman. We need to realise the value of our mothers, daughter, sisters and wives and biggest remedy to this situation is education, with education we can nourish the minds of this country, with education will come discipline and respect. An education is not a privilege it is a right of every person in a society. Only the power of education can transform society’s narrow and misogynist mind.

In conclusion, we must spread the word of feminism around India because the empowerment of women will be the empowerment of the nation!