Vol. 7, Issue 9, Part B (2021)

Abstract
H.G. Wells rightly remarked, “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe… if we continue to leave vast sections of the people of the world outside the orbit of education, we make the world not only less just, but also less secure.” (Wells, 2001) This lucidly brings to forefront the fact that gender is closely linked to education and that literacy paves to way to empowerment. The inability to read and write hinders the growth of women, especially underprivileged women because they remain oblivious to their legal right, however limited they may be. There is total unawareness with regards to right to inheritance in property. They blindly accept unjust treatment and unfair judgement owing to their illiteracy which deters them from reading rules that empower them. Extreme deprivation in every form leads to insecurity and hampers overall development of women.