EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW
Abstract
Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Education for women is the best way to improve the health nutrition and economic status of a household that constitute a micro unit of nation economy.
Gender disparities in education and all other social and demographic indicators reflect the unequal position of girl and women in highly sexist gender discriminatory social order. While historically there has always been a gap between the boys and girls in India, the case of Muslim Women has been yawing.
The Study aimed at giving a brief overview of education status of Muslim women and to explore the future directions and strategies for integrating and galvanizing women of all walks of life for playing their role in building and sustaining the 21st Century. And more importantly building an equitable social order and a society that will give its women not only formal equality but a life of dignity.
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