The Congress Vice-President, who will lead the party's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, also made a strong pitch for early passage of the contentious Women's Reservation Bill.
Gandhi vowed to work towards having "maximum possible" women in leadership positions and injected a personal note, recalling that his 'dadi'(grandmother) Indira Gandhi was the "boss" in the Gandhi household.
He was interacting with around 250 women from across the country as part of Congress' exercise of seeking direct inputs from stakeholders for its poll manifesto.
Anganwadi workers, sex workers, marginalised women, social activists, transgenders and members of Gulabi Gang, a group of women vigilantes and activists originally from Bundelkhand, were among other groups who gave suggestions at the meet organised by All India Mahila Congress.
Strongly batting for empowerment of women, Gandhi said India cannot become a superpower without the empowerment of the country's 50 per cent population.
"Empowering women is a big battle that we have to fight and win," he said and expressed confidence that not only the Bill that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota to women in legislatures bodies will be passed but in next five to ten years, nearly half of Congress ministers will be women.
Noting that there is no difference in the capacity of a man and woman, he sad, "Women do not need any protection. If you give them their rights, they can protect themselves."
"Women's Reservation Bill is in Parliament. I assure that we will not let it go....We have to do this 33 percent reservation women in Parliament and Assemblies. Political parties also have a responsibility," he added.