• MANSHA KUMARI

We are in the 21st century, today women play the leading role in developing the society. Society cannot be created without the active contribution of women. In order to provide equal status in the society women need to be empowered. Policies on women‘s empowerment exist at the national, state, and local levels in many sectors, including health, education, economic opportunities, gender-based violence, and political participation.. Women can be empowered only when they are literate and educated. Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom for development. Of Indian women today, the female literacy levels according to the Literacy Rate 2017 census has been 87.95% where the male literacy rate has been over 95.56%. Being literate or having only primary education is not enough to enhance productivity or to obtain better-paying jobs but it is essential for women to pursue the higher education. Even beyond literacy there is much that education can do for women‘s rights, dignity and security. Empowerment of women is essentially the process of upliftment of economic, social and political status of women, the traditionally underprivileged ones, in the society. It is the process of guarding them against all forms of violence. The study is based on purely from secondary sources. The study reveals that women of India are relatively disempowered and they enjoy somewhat lower status than that of men in spite of many efforts undertaken by Government. It is found that acceptance of unequal gender norms by women are still prevailing in the society. The study concludes by an observation that access to Education, Employment and Change in Social Structure are only the enabling factors to Women Empowerment.

Women Empowerment, Education, Health, Socio-Economic Status, Policy implications.

"Women Empowerment in Rural part of India:A Need", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.987-993, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006149.pdf

"Women Empowerment in Rural part of India:A Need", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp987-993, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006149.pdf