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Women Empowerment: Empowering
the Family

(Conference on Women Empowerment, Town Hall, Sector
17, Gandhinagar. December 25, 2003)

Women empowerment is a topic of much debate these days.
This leads us to the question – is woman not empowered?
I believe that women have a lot of innate power but for years,
she has been conditioned to think that she is weak. She has not
realized her own strength only because she has been surrounded
by the word “weak”. Hence, our effort is to remind her of her
strength. Once this realization comes, most problems will be
solved.

There is no injection available for empowering a woman
which can be given to women to make them strong. Several
studies show the strength of women, as reflected in their ability
to withstand difficulties and support her family even after the
death of her husband. On the other hand, a man who loses his
wife loses the will to live and does not survive for long.
However, this ability of women is not acknowledged by society.
It is essential to appreciate this strength, which has enlightened
innumerable families.

The autobiography of any great person will invariably
attribute his/her success to his/her mother and teacher. The
contribution of a mother is invaluable in the development of
any person. Nobody can reach the heights of success without
the inputs of mother and teacher.

The need of the hour is to convert the strength of a woman
into the strength of the family and then use it for the