kanpur the basic mantra for women empowerment is education it leads to economic independence and development of her personality manorama a social activist said during a programme on women empowerment at the mahotsav on sunday she cheered the audience by her slogans like aaj ki nari kaisi ho jhansi rani jaisi ho and behno ke aaheyog bina har badlav adhoora hai sheela awasthi an asha from sarsaul said that women empowerment is needed in india today to change the mindset and attitude towards women and it has to start from the family the respect for a woman should begin from the family and discrimination should be wiped out from every household she added sudha a worker at a health centre said that education and women empowerment are interlinked women were ready to showcase their talent but an environment was needed where they could play a substantial role in policymaking and curbing crime against fairer sex said dimple rani a session related to child helpline was introduced by dharmendra kumar ojha nothing will help unless we change our mindset and opt an attitude to stop child abuse and child labour at homes he said