The world is full of injustice, especially pertaining to gender. All the domains of life are rife with equitable distribution. Be it economy, politics, collective, individual, social, intra-national or international realms, class conflict has infested everything. Among these grave conundrums, women marginalization is a special issue. A society facing existential crisis is never careful about gender equality, rather the end of class conflict is much-needed in this case. Global progress vis-a-vis women empowerment was made in the time when class-struggle ceased to exist or was hibernated. The absence of class conflict, invariably, leads to social and economic progress. Women empowerment is a very sensitive movement. Its objectives are quite valid as well but it is not mandatory that all the valid objectives will get marginalized. Women empowerment has its origin in the making of the world. The globe came into being with Adam and Eve uniting in the mountains of Sri Lanka. Nature has, long ago, set the canon of equality between both genders. However, responsibilities and rights were divided in an unwritten manner. With the passage of time, society evolved. It exceeded in terms of population. Survival of the fittest, then, became the call of the day. Lust for power corrupted the tender human nature so much so that the powerful started to exploit the docile ones. As per natural laws, women were fragile while the men were sturdy. Thus, men got an opportunity to dominate. It, later on, led to the birth of the suffragists – the pioneers of feminist movement. Scattered confabulations regarding women rights were a common practice in the 20th century, but the first wave of feminism streamlined the feminist agenda. They demanded political and social rights. This demand was followed by fierce movements but nothing concrete could be achieved till the last decade of the 19th century, since class conflict was on its peak so women rights were not given much importance at that time. However, in 1895, the peninsula of New Zealand witnessed the end of class conflict which created room for social progress. Thus, the right to vote for women got secured in 1898 in New Zealand. In spite of the scientific and social progress of the Europe and America, both regions could not empower women because of the class struggle between industrialists and workers. But, after the World War 1, the intensity of these class conflicts got weakened. No sooner did the class struggle thawed, than the feminist movement got strengthened in Europe and America. Thus, right to vote was given to women in the UK and the US in 1918 and 1920 respectively. This trend of women emancipation was followed by the 20th century too. In this century, second and third waves of feminism were both advocated by radical feminists and Marxist feminists respectively. The former talked about lesbianism, surrogate mothers and abortion rights while the latter endorsed social equality, equal pay etc. These movements got popular in only those countries which were not engaged in class conflicts. Societies like Afghan tribal areas could never benefit from these movements, since they are prone to dictatorship of men. Hence, the class conflict between men and women also negates the motion of women empowerment. A comparative study of Russia and America will lead one to a fruitful conclusion. The feminists of America managed to secure abortion right with many other rights in 1970s but these rights could not be wrested from the government of Russian Federation before its disintegration. The opposing ideas of capitalism and communism were competing against one another in the USSR. Due to the political class struggle, Russians could not achieve any social progress; on the contrary, the class conflict caused the disintegration of the USSR into 16 states. The comparison of American and Russian societies shows that women empowerment cannot take place in a class-ridden society. Scholars still are keen to investigate the reason behind women empowerment movement. Moreover, they are establishing its connectivity with class conflict. Patriarchy is, according to them, still a global norm. Women empowerment will never achieve all of its goals if patriarchal order continued to exist. Recently, an English journalist resigned from her job due to the pay gap. She holds that all women should quit jobs if they experience under-privileged treatment. Feminist theories also explain that being women in a class-ridden society exposes one to double-marginality. These norms of male-dominance shall be extirpated from society. This will make a society class free and gender neutral. Capitalists will never take up the feminist agenda. For them, class struggle is a paradise as better of women. The strength was given by nature to the men so that they could collaborate with their better halves. However, the vigour got misused leading towards class conflict of gender. Women empowerment is a struggle to restore the former equitable world order. While women were engaged in their struggle for equality, men envisaged of another evil world order. This was not based on gender exploitation but it was dominance of one class over the remaining. The new order worsened the already unjust societal norm. It created class conflict vis-a-vis economy and politics. Women have to face double marginalization, firstly, because of gender and secondly, because of belonging to the oppressed class. It killed all the organic hopes vis-a-vis women empowerment. The social groups were divided into oppressors and oppressed. Although, the oppressed men in association with the women strived against the socio-political class conflict but it was all in vain. Rather, these efforts would further aggravate the situation. In the world of exploration, it became impossible for women to achieve gender equality before putting a full stop to class conflict. As per Karl Marx, the class conflict has evolved the passage of time. Previously, it was between landlords and farmers. Today, capitalists are standing against the working class. Marx was a disciple of Hegel. Hegel holds that this class conflict is inevitable in the 21st century; no uniform progress can be made unless the class conflict gets resolved. This shows how women got more exploited than ever. Marx pointed out that housewifization is also a form marginalization. When women are asked to do nothing other than serving the male members, they become the exploited ones. In this case, men are the exploiters. Modes of production stand for the machinery through which exploitation takes place. In the agrarian societies, land was thus apple of discord, while industries are the modern tool of exploiters. Capitalists merely own the machinery and earn the profit by making the labourers work. If a society is fighting against the exploitation-norms, gender equality will never be a priority for them. History bears an ample testimony to the fact that modern progress happened after the deadly class-conflict ended. After the three-year war of European continent, a period of enlightenment began. Many poets, philosophers and gender based writers came to the limelight. Although the sexist narratives were prevalent in the 17th century, the statues and mannequins portraying women emancipation were also readily built in that era. This shows how absence of class-conflict fosters social progress. Later on, after the French revolution, an unprecedented number of writers wrote about gender roles. Many of them evaluated women to the status of heroines. It was no less than a miracle, for these societies treated women like slaves generally. The post-enlightenment age gave the concept of fundamental equity of gender. Although no particular milestone could be achieved by then, the notion of rights of women was convinced it gives them more options of exploration. The Industrialists see women empowerment as a great threat. It makes them think that they are already given tough time by the working class; rise of feminism against the capitalism will end the hegemonic models. Therefore, the owner class promotes class struggle and bi-polarization so that their superpower status remains unthreatened. As Joe Studwell says the workers are paid in a mechanized way; care is taken that neither do they die nor do they overpower the bourgeois. The concept of inter-sectionality makes women equality a myth. Inter-sectionality means that women become prone to various power structures simultaneously and hence, are oppressed in a multi-pronged manner. For example, an African poor women working as peasant will be facing many problems at the same time. Her identity as African, a third world citizen marginalizes her. She is poor; this will expose her to exploitation at the hands of the rich. Her gender and peasant-status will further dent her power in the social structure. That is why women in a class ridden society are arrested in multiple power-structures. It becomes impossible for her to be empowered. Although women equality in a class ridden society is far-fetched, challenging the class conflicts of the society can create space for women empowerment. Since this problem is multi-faceted approaches. There are many pressure groups in the society which can manoeuvre class struggle into class progress movements. It is imperative to stick to such tactics now. Women are yet to be mainstreamed in almost all of the societies. America, the torch-bearer of equality, should encourage gender neutrality by ensuring equal political rights for women. The developing countries will follow the models of women empowerment. Even if the developing countries are shy of following such mechanisms, they can be ensured by conditional loans of IMF and World Bank. UNO is an instrumental platform. UN specialized body UN Women has already taken steps for securing social rights of women. Internationally, awareness campaigns are expected to be led by media. Although social media has supported the cause, the knowledge of class conflict and its nexus with women marginalization could not be properly spread. UN Women, in collaboration with media, should direct awareness programs along with the humanitarian agendas. This shall empower the women. The writer is a practicing lawyer and a human rights activist