The document discusses women empowerment in India. It outlines several problems faced by women, including gender discrimination, lack of education, female infanticide, dowry, child marriage, and violence. Rural women in particular face issues like poverty, lack of mobility, and financial constraints. The document calls for addressing the status of women through education, awareness, self-help groups, government schemes, and promoting self-employment to empower women and take them "out of the darkness of life."