Women Empowerment

Women Activities, Empower

1. Presented by Dr.R.VIJAYALAKSHMI Assistant Professor Department of Commerce SRM Institute of Science of Technology Chennai. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

2. Introduction Women Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, educational, gender, or economic strength of individuals and communities of women . Women’s empowerment in India is heavily dependent on many different variables that include geographical location (urban/rural), educational status, social status (caste and class), and age.

3. NEED FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMNENT WOMEN ARE DEPRIVED OF: • Decision Making Power • Freedom of Movement • Access to Education • Access to Employment • Exposure to Media • Domestic Violence

4. WAYS TO EMPOWER WOMEN • Changes in women's mobility and social interaction; • Changes in women's labour patterns; • Changes in women's access to and control over resources; and • Changes in women's control over decision-making.

5. SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT • Political empowerment of women is only a part of the overall mainstreaming of women. • Education of women means greater awareness of their role in society. • Awareness of their rights, better knowledge of housekeeping and better performance of their roles as a housewife and mother .

6. • Education and training have opened up the avenues of employment and self-employment in the organized sector. As never before women are working in diverse fields as doctors, engineers, IAS officers, IPS officers, bank officials and in a wide range of sectors in the unorganized sector. In agriculture, most of the operations are run by women

7. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT The Department of Women and Child Development has been implementing special programmes for the holistic development and empowerment of women with major focus to improve their socioeconomic status. There has been policy shifts from time to time based on the shifts in emphasis.

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