An Evaluative Study On Empowerment Of Women In India

Abstract

Women play an important role in the family and society, but they were discriminated in all essential areas of life, whether in terms of education, income, partner choice, inheritance laws, property rights, decision-making processes, community organization, or access to leadership positions in education, business, or politics. The need for empowerment of women thus arises from this harsh social scenario. And hence women empowerment has become a major task now-a-days. Empowerment is a process of awareness and capacity building leading to greater participation, to greater decision making power and control and transformative action. Empowerment of women signifies harnessing women power by conscientising their tremendous potential and encouraging them towork towards attaining a dignified and satisfying way of life through confidence and competence as person with self-respect, rights and responsibilities the progress of any nation is inevitably linked with social and economic plight of women in that particular country.The present study has been planned with a view to discuss the various issues related to the Empowerment of Women and to suggest measures for achieving this end.