Women Empowerment
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According to Manu Smriti ‘Women is protected by the father in her childhood, by the husband in adulthood and by the son in her old age’. Women are considered as powerless and weaker section of society. The vast majority of women are ‘assetless’ and illiterate. They have faced social, economic and political discrimination.
Women’s empowerment is a term widely used now-a-day. Empowerment of women has been recognized as a ‘Central Issues’ in determining the status of women. Empowerment of women involves many things – economic opportunity, property rights, political representation, social equality, personal rights and so on. It is a ‘growth process’ that invo9lves intellectual enlightenment, economic enrichment and social emancipation on the part of women.
The Constitution of India itself has provided women a significant position in the socio-economic life of the Nation. To uphold the constitutional mandate, the state has enacted various legislative measures intended to ensure equal right. The five year plans have space for development of the women.
The present book is divided into following chapters:
∙ National Policy for Empowerment of Women ∙ Central Social Welfare Board and Women Empowerment ∙ Empowerment of Women: Some Burning Issues ∙ Women Empowerment and Development ∙ Vocational Training Programme for Women Empowerment ∙ Women in Informal Sector ∙ Women Workers in Embroidery Work ∙ Role of State in Women Empowerment ∙ Women Education ∙ Human Rights in India ∙ Appendices
It is hoped that the book will be useful for academicians, researchers and students.
| Common | |
| Author | R.P. Yadav |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7910-403-3 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | x+126 |
| Publication Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur |