Educational Status of Muslim Women in India in context of Empowerment

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Educational Status of Muslim Women in India in context of Empowerment
1 Sunita Yadav
1 Research Scholar, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyala, Indore

Received: 08 May 2019, Accepted: 11 May 2019 ; Published on line: 15 May 2019
Abstract
Education is a milestone of women empowerment because it enables them to respond to the
challenges, to confront their traditional role and change their life. The significance of education in
reference to women empowerment cannot be ignored. It is an economical empowerment tool for the girl
child. India is determining to become superpower, a developed country by 2020. This can became reality
only when the women of this nation become empowered.
Muslims account for 14.13% of the total population of India including 9% of women population.
Muslim girls and women lag behind their male counterparts. The majority of Muslim women are among
the most disadvantaged, least literate, most economically impoverished and politically marginalized
section of Indian society.
A complex web of circumstances makes the education of Muslim girls a hard job. These include
conservatism, a general mistrust of Western-style education and a tendency to regard education for girls
not entirely necessary. The state of the Muslim girl child is such that no single institution – be it
government or private – can bring about lasting change.
But the conditions today represent a better scenario. Today, many educated Muslim women have come
forward in the country to fight against the gender discrimination in the community. Human rights groups
in general and those among the Muslims in particular have started examining the status of Muslim
women and fighting for to put an end to gender discrimination. A sprinkle of high-profile Muslim
women judges, academics, ministers, sportspersons is not enough.
This article is designed keeping vital factors in mind that affect Muslim women’s education and
their empowerment. Regardless of the debates between the ‘modernists’ and the ‘traditionalist’, what
Muslim women want today is some form of knowledge that empowers them to better their lot. In the
present article an attempt has been made to analyze the educational status of women Muslim in particular
in the country. So that proper steps can be taken by the Government to improve their condition or the
condition of whole society.
Key Terms: 1. Women Empowerment 2. Education Muslim Girls 4.Minority Education 5. Muslim
Women Status and Education 6.Higher Education