Women Empowerment: Remyachandran NSS Training College Pandalam

Women Empowerment
By Remyachandran
NSS Training College
Pandalam
INTRODUCTION
Women empowerment is the process, and the outcome of the process, by which
women challenge gender-based discrimination in all the institutions and structures of
the society. We can empower them by involving them in active participation in social,
economic and political spheres. Involve women in decision making process.It means
empowering women with all their rights they should have in the family, society,
school, college and country just like a man. It is to make them able so that they can
make own independent decisions for their personal development. The status of women
in the Indian society is still backward because of the gender inequality. Women also
should be given equal rights like men to really empower them. They should not be
treated as weak gender of the society as they occupy almost half population of the
country so they are half strength of the country. Women have more patience and
effort; they can better develop their country.
Sometimes it seems that why we are talking about women empowerment because how
it is possible in the country where crimes against women are running in parallel. It
loses the confidence level of women to actively come out of their homes and
participate fearlessly in all the activities like a man. Some of the crimes against
women in India are rape, sexual harassment, kidnapping and abduction, dowry death,
molestation, torture, trafficking, importation of girls, etc. Such crimes inhibit the
women empowerment to spread its wings and empower women
.
Need And Significance for Women Empowerment?
Women empowerment is empowering women with their full rights to live a happy and
free life without any hesitation and fear in the society. There are total eight
Millennium Development Goals constituted by the United Nations Development
Programme in order to ensure equality and peace all across the world. The third one of
the Millennium Development Goals is to empower women in India by promoting
gender equality and eliminating gender disparity through the proper education of both
genders. There was a deadline of doing this by 2005 however missed by the country.
According to the condition and status of women in India till 2015, we can say that
disparity will not be eliminated by another 10 years in future.
Ministry of Human Resource Development has established the Ministry for Women
and Child Development in India in 1985 for the welfare and holistic development of
women and children. Following initiatives are run under this programme such as
Integrated Child Development Services, Swayamsidha Programme, National
Commission for Women, etc.
Social – Acceptance in family and society with equal dignity and respect as of men.
Decision making power and right for expressing her views without fear. Social
security.
Economical – Self sufficient in economical matters and have her say and freedom in
spending as well as earning.
Educational – Right for education and live a dignified professional life.
Political – Should be working with men with equal responsibility in driving the nation
and the democratic setup.
Problems faced by women in our country

 Domestic Violence
 Dowry
 Sexual harassment at workplace
 Lack of education
 Financial constraint
 Family responsibility
 Social status
 Malnutrition
Ways to achieve Women empowerment
 Economic
 Social
 Political
 Cultural
Women empowerment – Economic

Economic empowerment can be achieved via
Poverty Eradication by offering them a range of economic and social options,

along with necessary support measures to enhance their capabilities.
Micro Credit strengthening of existing micro-credit mechanisms and micro-finance

institution will be undertaken so that the outreach of credit is enhanced
Women and Economy Their contribution to socio-economic development as

producers and workers will be recognized in the formal and informal sectors
(including home based workers) and appropriate policies relating to employment
and to her working conditions should be drawn up.
Globalization Benefits of the growing global economy have been unevenly

distributed leading to wider economic disparities, the feminization of poverty,
increased gender inequality through often deteriorating working conditions and
unsafe working environment.
Women and Agriculture Concentrated efforts should be made to ensure that

benefits of training, extension and various programs will reach them in proportion
to their numbers.
Women and Industry comprehensive support in terms of labor legislation, social

security and other support services to participate in various industrial sectors
Support Services child care facilities, including crèches at work places and
educational institutions, homes for the aged and the disabled
Improving the flow and access of credit and finance for women through financial
institutions for female entrepreneurs at the governmental and non-governmental
levels.
Women empowerment – Social

Social empowerment can be achieved via
Education for women - equal access to education as men and boys
Healthcare for women - Nutrition of women, Drinking Water and Sanitation
Participation of women in development of science and technology
Housing and Shelter
Women empowerment – Political

Political empowerment can be achieved via
Education and training - To acknowledge and remove gender based bias. Planning
educational and training modules for motivating women to take up self-
empowerment programs. Educating and training women to gainfully engage in
markets and institutions. Work on the communication skills of women
Empowering women by increasing awareness regarding the rights of an employee.
Encouraging and supporting women entrepreneurs - Support to develop

marketable models of enterprise. Publicizing the central role of women in the
national economies and celebrating the success stories of women entrepreneurship
and women professionalism in every field.
Equal representation in government, non-governmental bodies and private

enterprises.
Building and strengthening networks where women come together from different
nations and regions for common goal economic empowerment of women.
Women empowerment – Cultural
There should be a change in the mind set of society on a fundamental level.
Cultural empowerment as such can be achieved only when women are treated as
human beings first and foremost. They should have the same security and freedom
as men. The society should fight against violence and discrimination on women
and also for the rights of the Girl Child.
If we see in our history, we found that women had enjoyed their rights a lot in ancient
time especially in Rig- Vedic period however later in Vedic civilization it was
deteriorated. Slowly women were restricted to home and denied for education, widow
remarriage, ownership of property and other rights. They started bearing some crimes
against them such as child marriages, dowry system, sati pratha, etc and it became
more deteriorated during Gupta period.
During British rule in India, many social reformers worked a lot for the women
empowerment however; they only became successful in removing sati pratha and
denial for widow remarriages. Currently, women has started participating in almost all
the activities such as education, politics, sports, media, art, service sectors, science and
technology, etc. However, because of the deep-rooted patriarchal mentality, they are
still being tortured, victimized, exploited and humiliated. There is still gender
discrimination in the fields of education, freedom, and economy. Constitution of India
has made various provisions for equality of women in India however; women are not
benefitted completely because of some system issue.
How we enforce Women empowerment
The principle of gender equality or equal right for women is enshrined in the
Indian Constitution The Constitution empowers the State to adopt measures of
positive discrimination in favor of women. One-third reservation for Women in the
urban and Local Self-Government. Free and compulsory education- a justifiable
right for all children between the age group of 6-14 years.
National Policy for Women Empowerment (2001)-advancement, development

and empowerment of women
Some of the government agencies which work on ensuring this are
 The National Commission for Women ,1990
 Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation
 Kerala State Women’s Commission
 Kerala State Social Welfare Board .

Conclusion
Women empowerment in India is very necessary if we really want to lead our
country towards development. The condition of women in current time has become
better now, they have started participating in almost all the working areas.
However, some terrible crimes against women in last few years have made all
women in India very scared and worried. Development of country requires women
empowerment because a huge population of women all around India is illiterate
and unemployed. They need to be given equal opportunity at home, society and
workplaces by destroying all the crimes against women. They are very competent,
talented, and intelligent like a man and can perform socio-economic activities.
Empowering them will reduce domestic violence, corruption, and poverty as well
as enhance economic power and national development.
Reference
http://www.indiacelebrating.com/paragraph/paragraph-on-women-empowerment/
https://www.wikipedia.org

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Women Empowerment

Educational – Right for education and live a dignified professional life.

Problems faced by women in our country

 Sexual harassment at workplace

Ways to achieve Women empowerment

Women empowerment – Economic

Poverty Eradication by offering them a range of economic and social options,

Micro Credit strengthening of existing micro-credit mechanisms and micro-finance

Women and Economy Their contribution to socio-economic development as

Globalization Benefits of the growing global economy have been unevenly

Women and Agriculture Concentrated efforts should be made to ensure that

Women and Industry comprehensive support in terms of labor legislation, social

Women empowerment – Social

Education for women - equal access to education as men and boys

Healthcare for women - Nutrition of women, Drinking Water and Sanitation

Participation of women in development of science and technology

Housing and Shelter

Women empowerment – Political

Empowering women by increasing awareness regarding the rights of an employee.

Encouraging and supporting women entrepreneurs - Support to develop

Equal representation in government, non-governmental bodies and private

Women empowerment – Cultural

There should be a change in the mind set of society on a fundamental level.

How we enforce Women empowerment

National Policy for Women Empowerment (2001)-advancement, development

Some of the government agencies which work on ensuring this are

 The National Commission for Women ,1990

 Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation

 Kerala State Women’s Commission

 Kerala State Social Welfare Board .

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