Women Empowerment “To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves.” – Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Women empowerment refers to providing women with the opportunities and the independence so that they can take decisions concerning their well being and can contribute to the development of society. Most common challenges are related to their education, poverty, health, and safety of the women. After the independence of our country, India had to face lots of challenges which had created a big gap between men and women especially in the fields of education. Women should know there fundamental and social rights which they get once they born. Many programmes such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Swadhar Greh Yojna and Nari Shakti Puruskar have been implemented by the government in order to bring awareness in the society about the value of women in the development of the nation. There should be respect and dignity towards women. There should not be any discrimination between women and man while giving jobs and employment. They should not be discriminated while providing any type of education. The need of today’s society is to empower women and create gender equality among all. Government should do some awareness programmes and constitutional & legal provisions to make women empowerment in our country. Mahi Panwar 10th B