International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2018, Volume : 8, Issue : 11
First page : ( 58) Last page : ( 69)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Empowering women in India: A movement

Priyanka

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sachdeva Girls College, Gharuan (Kharar)

Online published on 2 September, 2019.

Abstract

There is no denying the fact that women in India have made a considerable progress in almost seven decades of independence, but they still have to struggle against many handicap and social evils in the male dominated society. Many evil and masculine forces still prevail in the modern Indian society that resists the forward march of its women folk. It is an ironical that a country, which has recently acclaimed the status of the first Asian country to accomplish its Mars Mission in the maiden attempt, is positioned at the 127th rank among 146 countries across the globe on the basis of Gender Inequality Index. This result show the position of women, their true empowerment is still awaited. So this paper is focus on Women Empowerment. Women empowerment is the process of treating the women with same status with that of men in all the fields of society. The basic problem a woman face is that of education, economy, social status, safety and health. In order to overcome these problems there are many schemes and policies which are drafted and implemented. Even the UN has dedicated one of its Millennium Development Goals to empowerment of Indian women. Thus paper concludes with a positive note that empowering women in India is very necessary to bring the gender equality or we can say that gender equality is very necessary to empower women.

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