WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
Women empowerment means to increase the
educational, social, economical and political
strength of women. it develops confidence and
calibre in women.
• History of women’s status in
India
• From Vedic period to British period
status of women had been similar, women were
ignored in men dominated society in India.
why women empowerment is essential
• Women kept on bottom of the
society with lot of limitations on the
name of tradition and religion.
• Social evils were there acted with
women
Sati pratha
Dowry
female foeticide
Rising of women
empowerment in Modern India
Indian constitution provides all safeguards to women
for her growth and development.
Constitution save women from social evils such as
child marriage, dowry etc.
• Educating a men means educating individual but educating
women is educating two families.
Dr. B R Ambedkar
Indira Gandhi launched the Indra Mahila Yojna when UNDP
(united nation development programme ) started by UN.
Its primary functions were following:
1. Educational problems
2. Social problems
3. Gender prejudice
4. Low confidence
5. Lack of unity
6. Problems related to health and sanitation
7. Poverty
8. Social ignorance
9. Social evils
Traditional Bans/ barriers.
• Role of women in economy
of world.
• Women constitutes half population of the world.
They perform 60% of worlds work but
unfortunately they got only 10% of world.
• Its bad luck of women that they are denied with
right of education politics and leadership in men
dominated society.
The majority of employed women are engaged
in agricultural works.
• Types of worker occupation (%)
Women Men
Sales 4 14
Production 22 37
Profession 7 7
Agriculture 59 33
Other 2 33
Women in modern India
• Social empowerment
• Women has equal social participation as men in
society. Women act as social worker and social
reform.
• Women is now frontline face of modern Indian
society including service sector, media, defence,
business etc.
• Economic empowerment
• Economic stability plays significant
role in empowerment of women.
Working women is more confident
and stable than non working
women.
• The easily breakdown the barriers
with confidence gained by
economical independence.
Educational empowerment
• Education plays vital role in empowerment of
women in India.
• Women becoming Doctors, engineer, professor,
scientist, MP, MLA, IAS, IPS etc because of right
of education.
• Education makes women a confident women.
•
Political empowerment
• Women become Gram Pradhan, MLC MP, MLA,
Chief Minister, Prime Minister in modern India.
Women is politically similar to men.
• Seats are reserve for women in different posts of
public sector.
Action area of women empowerment
1. Education
2. Technology
3. Skills
4. Politics
5. Business
6. Service sector
• Public
• Defence
7. Social work
8. Health and nutrition
9. Water and sanitisation.
10.Equal minimum wages
11. Factory act for working women in industries and
factories.
12. Equal remuneration.
Infra structure for women
• Water and sanitation
• Creches for working women
• Transportation facility
• Hostel facility
• Security
Icons of women empowerment in India
1. Indira Gandhi
The first women prime minister of India.
2. Indira Nooyi
CEO Pespsico
3. Pratibha Patil
first women president of India
4. Kalpana chawla
first women in space of India
5. Kalpana saroj
first women entrepreneur of depressed class
6. SarojniNaidu
first women governer of India
7. Suchita kriplani
first women Cheif Minister of India
8. Mayawati
first SC chief minister of India
9. Anandibai gopal joshi
first women doctor of india
10. Kiren bedi
First women IPS of India
11. Ritu Beri
12. First women fashion designer of India
13. Cornelia sorabji
first women lawyer of India
14. Ekta kappor
first T.V serial queen of India
15. Kiran majumdar
first women entrepreneur of India.
“Empowerment of Women is true
empowerment of Nation”
Dr. BR Ambedkar
Thank You
