Gandhi's Views on Women's Empowerment

Abstract

In the present paper, an attempt is made to understand Gandhi's views on women in the context of social, economic and political issues. We discuss on Gandhiji's thoughts on women's upliftment, against child marriage, social and religious barriers to widow remarriage, the purdha system, the dowry system, heavy expenditure in connection to marriage, etc. Life sketches and reminiscences of women freedom fighters give us glimpses of their crusade against injustice and inequality. We conclude that the status of women now in India compared to the pre-independent era is better.