In the context of Nepal today, women are considered inferior to men, mentally and socially. They have been suppressed for centuries and treated with disrespect. Although they are our mothers and sisters, we do not feel compelled to treat them with the respect they deserve. Fathers do not send their daughters to school, and even if they do, they are sent to school for a few years and once they are twelve or thirteen, they are married off.
Women deserve the respect and equal status that has been denied them. The mother is, after all the most important person in the life of a child. The child learns to walk and speak his words from his mother. The child needs the proper care and attention of an educated woman. The WHO, in its recent study has proved that children of literate and educated women suffer less illness and malnutrition than that of uneducated women. More uneducated women die during delivery than educated women. The children of educated women are better brought up than the children of the educated.
This is not just a comparison between the educated and the uneducated women. This is to prove that education makes a difference in the lives of not only the women, but the lives of her children too. She learns right from wrong. She will know that when her child is sick, he needs to be taken to hospital, not to the local witch doctor. She will know of meditation and first aid. She will know that she will send her child to have a chance to school to have a successful and proper life in future.
The women also can play an important role in society. They can work wonders with the old and the sick. They can look after the babies of other women and can give thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhem proper sound maternal advice on baby care and pregnancy, for womanly instincts in baby care are unmatched.
Educating our women will not only make the child healthier and happier, but also will go a long way in social reform and make this country a better place.