ROLE OF WOMEN IN

EMPOWERMENT OF INDIA

Prepared by RAM SINGH JTO SANJEEV KUMAR JTO RAJINDER SINGH JTO Batch No: 6, CFA- CDOT, Phase-II

EMPOWERMENTCONCEPT AND ITS

MEANING

CONCEPT Empowerment can be viewed as means of creating a social environment in which one can make decisions and make choices either individually or collectively for social transformation.

MEANING Empowerment is the process of enabling or authorizing individual to think, take action and control work in an autonomous way. It is the process by which one can gain control over one‟s destiny and the circumstances of ones lives. Empowerment includes control over resources (physical, human, intellectual and financial) and over ideology (beliefs, values and attitudes).

WHY ?

Women‟s Empowerment is very essential for

the

development of society.

“ THE EXTENSION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IS THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ALL SOCIAL PROGRESS”

- CHARLES FOURIER -

PRACTICAL STATUS OF INDIAN WOMENT

THERE WAS TIME WHEN WOMAN WERE JUST KITCHEN KEEPERS AND HOUSE KEEPERS IN THE INDIAN SOCIETY. GRADUALLY MOMENT BEGAN TO GET EDUCATED , EVEN HIGHLY EDUCATED AND A STAGE CAME WHEN SOME OF THEM CAME OUT ON THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FIELD TO SUB-SHOULDERS WITH THE MEN IN THESE FIELD. IN MODERN INDIA WOMAN HAVE ACHIEVED HIGH OFFICES INCLUDING THAT OF THE PRESIDENT , PRIME MINSITER, SPEAKER OF THE LOK SABHA ETC.

THE CHANGING SCENARIO

IN THOSE DAYS WOMEN FACED MANY SOCIAL PROBLEMS LIKE DOWRY, CHILD MARRIAGES, DEATH DURING CHILD BIRTH, SATI ETC. BUT NOW A DAYS THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA HAS BEEN SUBJECT MANY GREAT CHANGES OUR THE PAST FEW MILLENNIA. IN YEAR 1995 WAS DECLARED AS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE WOMEN WERE MADE AWARE OF THEIR STATUS AND PLACE IN SOCIETY. WOMEN ARE NOW NO LONGER IN SLUMBER. THEY ARE AWAKE AND MOVING FAST.

FROM ANCIENT TIME WOMAN IS

CONSIDERED AS A SOURCE OF POWER

VEDIC ERA

MEDIEVAL ERA

History looks different when the

contribution women are included.

Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy was an eminent medical practitioner, social reformer and Padma Bhushan awardee in India. She was the first women legislator in India. ( Madras Legislative Council in 1927)She beginning lifelong effort to "correct the balance" for women.

Sarojini Naidu -The Nightingale of India was an Indian independence activist and poet. T he first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925.

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the health minister in the Indian Cabinet for ten years after India's independence from the British Raj in 1947. She was an eminent Gandhian, a freedom fighter, and a social activist. She was also a member of the Constituent Assembly, The body that framed the constitution of India.

Aruna Asif Ali was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag  in Bombay during the Quit India Movement

WORK PARTICIPATION

Empowerment of women through development of women and children in the rural areas/Self-Help Groups.

Empowerment of Women through education and training.

Empowerment through political participation.

Empowerment evaluation as strategies of empowering women

STRATEGIES OF EMPOWERING WOMEN

The Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929

The Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act of 1937

The Hindu Widow Re-Marriage Act of 1856

The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 This Act has recognized the equal

rights of men and women in the matters of marriage and divorce

The Hindu Succession Act of 1956. She can inherit the property of her

father along with her brothers.The Dowry Prohibition Act 1961

GOVERNMENT ENACTMENTS

“You can tell the condition of

a Nation by looking at the status of women.”Sh. Jawahar Lal

Nehru

Modern Era

BACHENDRI PALKALPNA CHAWLA

LATA MANGESHWER

KIRAN BEDI

Arundhati Roy: Arundhati won the coveted Booker Prize in 1997 for her first novel The God of Small Things. She put the Indian writing in the world radar with her novel.

Indra Nooyi: The Madras-born Nooyi is the president and chief executive officer of PepsiCo.

KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW She is the Managing Director and Chairman of Bangalore based biotech company Biocon Ltd. She herself has been a recipient of countless prestigious awards like Padma Bhushan, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and also the Padma Shree.

Chanda Kochhar, who holds the position of CEO at the country’s largest private sector bank ICICI Pvt Ltd

Education and Employment are only the

enabling factors to empowerment the Women

"Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process."

“Educate a man you educate an individual but educate a woman you educate a family”

Development of our Country depends on

the Empower of Women

THANKS