Education and Economic Empowerment of Women

Education is an important instrument for human capital formation. Knowledge production and dissemination have acquired special attention of the development thinkers. Literacy with which people can improve their lives helps in empowering vulnerable groups and on the other hand higher education improves productivity of the manpower engaged in work, which is referred as human empowerment. It is an instrument that has significant impact on women's empowerment, which is a marginalized section of the human resources in the traditional economics. Education is a key mean of empowering women and is in itself a human right, and educated girls lead better lives. Education is especially central to women's empowerment as it enables women to become more productive both inside and outside the household. Investments in women's education, including literacy is considered one of the most important elements, complementary to income-generating activities that are considered essential for women's economic empowerment.