THE 3Ls OF EMPOWERMENT

READ AND RESPOND:
1. What are the three essential factors for empowerment?
            The three essential factors for empoerment are Learning, Labour and Leadership. Together they are called the 3 Ls of empowerment.
2. What is the roleof learning in empowering women?
            Education is the foundation up on which any change is built. Learning helps women to help themselves and break the shackles of exclusion. 
3. How can we promote more oppertunities for women in the workplace?
            Women can be given more oppertunities in the workplace by changing some of our basic laws to ensure that property and inheritance laws do not discriminate against women. Education and healthcare for women should be encouraged. Women should be given more credit facilities so that women can get greater economic independance.
ACTIVITY - I: (SPEECH)
Christine Lagarde suggests various means of empowering women. She persuasively insists on the idea that women should think and act independently. Keeping this in mind, prepare the script of persuasive speech on the topic " Education is the key to Women Empowerment" to be delivered at the school assembly on International Women's Day (March 8).
             Respected principal, teachers and my dear friends. Today I am very happy to stand in front of you to make a short speech on 'Education is the key to Women Empowerment'.
             As all of you know, today, March 8, is international Women's Day. The day is observed to ensure that women have an equal share in the devolopment activities. Women are still considered as a second class citizen in many parts of the world. In India Women face different kinds of discriminations. Women never get oppertunities for education and also they face different kinds of social injustices like, dowry system, female foeticide.
            In order to change this situation we should impliment three Ls in our society. Learning, Labour and Leadership are the Ls. Learning means giving education to women. Education helps women to break the shackles of exclusion. It enables them to question the injustice in our society. By giving education to women we can educate a society.
            Second L is Labour. Labour helps women to be economically independent. Half the world's population is women. But their economic participation very low. By ensuring women's participation in economic field, we can bring a significant growth in percapita income of yhe country. Globally, women earn only three quarters as much as men - even with the same level of education and in the same occupation. 
            The third L is leadership that enables women to rise and fulfil their innate abilities and talents.Leadership makes the woman powerful. Christine Lagarde says women make better leaders than men. Women tend to make decisions based on consensus building, inclusion, compassion and sustainability.
             It is true that sometimes women lack the confidence to match their competence. They have to change their mindset. They should be ready to 'dare the difference', to take risk and step outside their comfort zones. 
The 3 Ls help women to empower themselves. If we dare the difference, the difference will deliver.
           Now I conclude my words
                                      Thank you all.

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