• UTTAM SARKAR

The paper is an attempt to analyse the status of women empowerment in India especially in the rural areas. Now a-days the women empowerment has become one of the most important issues of 21st century, but particularly women empowerment in rural areas is still an illusion of reality. Still the life of women`s become victimized by various social evils. Empowerment of women is essentially the process of development of economic, social, political and cultural status of women in the society. It is the only way to protect them from all forms of violence and exploitation. The study reveals that the rural women of India are relatively disempowered and they enjoyed somewhat lower status than that of men in spite of many efforts undertaken by the government. It is found that acceptance of unequal gender status by women are still prevailing in the present day society of India. the study concludes that access to education, employment and political participation are only the enabling factors to empowerment of the rural women`s.

rural women, empowerment, gender, employment, society.

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.15-18, May 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805A05.pdf

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp15-18, May 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805A05.pdf