Vol. 3, Issue 12, Part F (2017)

Abstract
Education and skill-based training play a vital role for women empowerment, prosperity, development and welfare. In every stages of history there were challenges upon women. Discrimination of women from womb to tomb is unanimously true. Unending inequality and vulnerability of women in everywhere and women oppressed in all spheres of life, they need to be empowered in all stages of life. In order to stand, protest and fight against the socio-culturally constructed gender biases, women have to swim against the system that requires more mental strength and power. Such strength, elegancy comes from the process of empowerment and empowerment will come from the education and skill-based Training. And in true sense rural development will come from women empowerment. This paper is trying to analyse and justify the empowerment of women via education and skill-based training and identifying the impact of education and Training in women overall empowerment in Purba Medinipur district, W.B., India. Totally 49% women respondents between 20-50 age group were selected for the study. Outcomes of the study shows that educational qualification and training play significant role in women empowerment and it concludes that if women's empowerment is to be effected, it can be carried out only through the medium of education and training. Hence, it is of foremost importance to raise the level of education and skill-based training amongst women.