Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the empowerment of rural women in District Muzaffarabad Azad Jammu and Kashmir. For this purpose 71 educated and 18 uneducated female respondents were purposively selected for interview. The main objective was to study the role of education in women empowerment. Results of Binary Logistic Regression imply that the social empowerment of educated women is 5.417 times higher, political empowerment is 6.875 times higher and economic empowerment is 4.992 times higher than that of the uneducated women. Most of the respondents were employed in the Government and non-Government sectors. It was found that higher level of education increases the chance of employment and income, ultimately increasing their savings as well. Majority of the sampled respondents were contributing not only in household expenditure but also investing their income in different productive activities like their children’s education, health care, purchase of property, and in social occasions. Educated women are in a better position to participate in political, social and economic decisions. The study recommends that female education should be promoted which will enhance the women empowerment in all facets of life.