Globalisation, The sudden increase in the exchange of people, knowledge, trade and capital in the last two decades, has created an inter-connected web comprising countries across the globe. Interestingly, as countries embrace globalisation and open up to each other, the desire to aggressively protect their own national interests, captured by the term jingoism, also gains currency.
The 21 century is a century of movement and fluidity. Globalisation, aided by technological innovation, has redefined the idea of borders and identities. As more people move transcend borders and interact with people from different nationalities, they gain a new perspective on the world. Globalisation includes an inter-linking of trades, culture, political and social views and benefits countries as they adopt the best practices from all over the world to improve their own country. Access to international markets, rise in tourism, forex reserves, financial support, security are just some of the advantages of embracing globalisation.
However, globalisation also stokes fears of losing out in the face of competition from other countries, which, in turn, fuels jingoistic feelings in the people. There is a sense of insecurity in such countries, which begins to reflect in their foreign policy marked by protectionism. In their attempt to safeguard their national interests and shield the country’s industries, people (especially the unemployed) and resources, they tend to adopt measures such as higher tariffs on imported goods, incentives to firms who employ natives, restricting influx of migrants and so on. A good example of this is the US, under Donald Trump, who is pandering to jingoistic feelings through measures such as cubs on H-1B visa, outsourcing jobs and migration, to name a few.
The more the countries open up, the more strong jingoism becomes. It’s up to the individual country to strike a balance between these two.
The government of India has been taking a flurry of measures to correct the gender bias and support women. For instance Priyadarshini - a pilot programme for women empowerment, Support to Training and Employment Programme - to develop skills of women for self and employment, Udaan- to promote girl education and Sukanya Samridhi Yojana under which girl child below 10 years will have bank accounts with more interest to name a few. These schemes are also an acknowledgment of the fact that gender bias is a reality, that women remain a neglected lot, and until that is tackled, women empowerment will remain a hollow idea. 

Education and empowerment go hand in hand. If we are to empower girls, it is imperative to give women access to education. It is no coincidence that an improvement in the condition of women has coincided with an increase in the literacy rates of women to more than 50 per cent today. It is also important, at the same time, to sensitise the men of the society on gender issues so that the existing gender bias can be wiped off.