Women Empowerment in India: Rationale and Present State

Abstract

Women are considered as goddess in Indian culture. But till today in every sphere of life women have been humiliated like anything in the society. In India many rules and legislation has been made for women since independence but till today a woman is fighting for her fundamental right. Women empowerment is the only way by which it can be possible to give equal status to women in a male dominated society like India. To be empowered, women should come forward and realize that they are not second grade citizen of the society and at the same time also equally capable with men in all aspect of livelihood. In this context, the present study analyses different issues of women empowerment and reasons behind not successful implementation of women empowerment programs in the country.  Education, financial independence, equal recognition in work place, change of mind set among men can help to accelerate the process of women empowerment in India.