What do you mean by ‘Empowerment’?

Empowerment is a policy of providing delegation of power or authority or special opportunities to a particular race, caste or social group.

Then what is "Women Empowerment"?

Women Empowerment itself elaborates that Social Rights, Political Rights, Economic stability, judicial strength and all other rights should be also equal to women. There should be no discrimination between men and woman. Women should now there fundamental and social rights which they get once they born.

Why is it needed?

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