• Dr Charles P

According to the statistics released by the latest census of 2011, India's female literacy rate is 65.46 percent, significantly lower than the world average of 79.7 percent. Even though India is considered the human capital of the world, the importance of women’s education in India is not accepted there widely. There are many reasons for it. Poverty is one reason, patriarchal system and traditions are another. But whatever the reason may be, it still doesn’t mean the importance of women’s education becomes less. It’s the 21st century and we think that everything is ok. We think that there aren’t any issues regarding education. We think that gender discrimination is gradually deteriorating. We think everything is headed to a brighter sight. Meanwhile, in India, girls have to fight to go to school. Sex discrimination is still prevalent there. Women workers in India encounter very different conditions from those found in most Western countries. There is no system of universal state welfare benefits for periods of unemployment or for old age. Women without the financial support of a man must rely on the wider family structure if they are unemployed or underemployed Lets discuss the status of education and employment of Indian women and see how far they are empowered.

employment, discrimination, patriarchal system, statistics, gender, financial support.

"EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT FOR EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.94-97, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBN06024.pdf

"EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT FOR EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp94-97, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBN06024.pdf