Guru Gobind Singh Ji and the Women Empowerment

Abstract

In this paper an attempt has been made to examine the contribution of Guru Gobind Singh for the cause of women. It is generally said that a state of society can be judged from the status, a woman occupies in the society. Sikh gurus worked for the upliftment and emancipation of women. According to Guru ji, women being the most important part of the society should be treated with respect. His compositions reveals that he was concerned at the severely degraded and oppressed state of women and preached the message of equality between the two sexes. He raised his voice against women discrimination and social evils like Adultery, Female infanticide,Polygamy etc. It is an attempt to underline how they were encouraged to dream, hope to have spiritual aspiration and fight against tyranny. He freed women from the slavery of men by giving the name Kaur to them. This paper also highlights the famous women during Guru Gobind singh ji period like Mata Sikh Gujari,Mata Sundari ,Mai Bhago etc.