Women Empowerment in Jammu and Kashmir: With Special Reference to Educational Status of Rural Women
Keywords:
Empowerment, Education, Jammu and KashmirAbstract
Education is a powerful instrument for rural women’s empowerment. Educated women in Jammu and Kashmir can play an important role in the all-around development of the state. The most powerful tool that changes the position of society and nation is only women’s education. Women’s education spreads very slowly in past but very fast in the present period. According to the 2011 census, the total female population is 5,900,640 and the female literacy rate is 56.43 percent. At present women status education is not properly improved due to some challenges. Education improves the status of women within the family as well as in society. So, we cannot ignore the importance of women’s education regarding women empowerment in Jammu & Kashmir. For every citizen, there is a need for a positive attitude towards women’s education. The rural female literacy rate of Jammu and Kashmir is 53.36% according to the 2011 census. This study aims to examine and analyze the status of women’s education, Challenges, possibilities, and causes of increasing or decreasing female literacy rate and sex ratio of Jammu and Kashmir.
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