Empowerment, per se, is a multi-lateral strategy that entitles the underprivileged to stand a chance to compete in the highly unequal society and to live a life with dignity. With reference to women and children, they are considered as the most vulnerable section of the society and are in urgent need for a pro-active interference from government and civil societies for their betterment and upliftment.

In the word’s of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, “You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women”. The need for woman empowerment lies its roots deep in the history-old domination and discrimination done by men over women. They’ve faced varied types of violence and discriminatory practices throughout the world. India is no exception.

As per the UNICEF’s “State of the World’s Children-2009” report, 47 % of India’s women aged 20-24 were married before the legal age of 18, and around 40 % of the world’s child marriages occur in India. It is the responsibility of the state and civil societies to aware the society about the mental and physical trauma a woman faces after marrying early. Even, the figures of dowry death toll 8,618 as reported by the National Crime Records Bureau in 2011. The most trivial yet ubiquitous problems women face in India is eve-teasing, which includes sexual harassment and molestation. It is the urgent need to sensitize the men-dominating society to stop objectifying the women and treat them equally as they are.