Importance of Women Education in 21st Century Indian Society

Abstract

In ancient India, women had the right to special status and education and she in medieval India were deprived of their social status and right to education and the missionaries first realized the need for women’s education in the first of half of the nineteenth century after the arrival of the English in this century towards promoting women’s education. At this time the upper caste Hindus of India were full of various superstitions and them against women’s education. Women in Muslim society had no freedom to go out in public. In addition to this, Child marriage, Satidah and other social prejudices at this time completely reduced women in society. In view of the above background, the present situation of the women in India needs to be discussed in the present study. In patriarchal societies where women are economically dependent on men, women naturally have to live a subservient life however, there is no doubt that the status of women has improved a lot as compared to the past as education spread among women and their employment opportunities increased. In order to describe the current situation of the women in India, the situation of upper class, middle class and Dalit women needs to be discussed and the western life currently having a significant impact on the family life of the affluent community as a result, the excess of luxury among the women of the 21^st century society.