A Study on Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment in India


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  • Prof. Sanjay Baijal Department of Commerce, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P., India
  • Shamim Alam Research Scholar, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P, India

Keywords:

Women Empowerment, Education, Health, Socio-Economic Status, Crimes Against Women, Policy Implications

Abstract

This paper attempts to analyze the status of Women Empowerment in India and highlights the Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment. Today the empowerment of women has become one of the most important concerns of 21st century. But practically women empowerment is still an illusion of reality. We observe in our day to day life how women become victimized by various social evils. Women Empowerment is the vital instrument to expand women’s ability to have resources and to make strategic life choices. Empowerment of women is essentially the process of upliftment of economic, social and political status of women, the traditionally underprivileged ones, in the society. It is the process of guarding them against all forms of violence. The study is based on purely from secondary sources. The study reveals that women of India are relatively disempowered and they enjoy somewhat lower status than that of men in spite of many efforts undertaken by Government. It is found that acceptance of unequal gender norms by women are still prevailing in the society. The study concludes by an observation that access to Education, Employment and Change in Social Structure are only the enabling factors to Women Empowerment.

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Published

2017-04-30

How to Cite

Prof. Sanjay Baijal, and Shamim Alam. “A Study on Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment in India”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 2, no. 1, Apr. 2017, pp. 75-83, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/441.

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