Women Empowerment In India: A Study Of Government Schemes With Special Reference To The Indian Socio-Economic Context

Abstract

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. Women empowerment involves the building up of a society, a political environment, wherein women can breathe without the fear of oppression, exploitation, apprehension, discrimination and the general feeling of persecution which goes with being a woman in a traditionally male dominated structure. Women constitute almost 50 per cent of the world’s population but India has shown disproportionate sex ratio whereby female’s population has been comparatively lower than males. Objectives of the study to the historical profile of Indian Women and the Government Schemes for Women Empowerment. As far as their social status is concerned, they are not treated as equal to men in all the places. In the Western societies, the women have got equal right and status with men in all walks of life. But gender disabilities and discriminations are found in India even today. Thus, this paper will focus on the place of women in the society of India. The study suggested that the Society must take initiative to create a climate in which there is no gender discrimination and women have full opportunities of self-decision making and participating in social, political and economic life of the country with a sense of equality.