• Arabinda Roy

The empowerment of women is one of the most important Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in the world which is developed by the United Nations at the beginning of the 21st century. The present study attempts to investigate and estimates the status of education and employment of Namasudra women in Banshihari CD Block of Dakshin Dinajpur District in the Indian state of West Bengal and its influence on the empowerment of them. The study has been based on both primary & partially secondary date which will be collected with the help of standardized questionnaire & interview procedures. For this Purpose multistage stratified random sampling method has been applied. More than 530 Namasudra women between 14-40 age groups have been participated in the present study. The collected data first be tabulated, processed and then presented and interpreted using different cartographic techniques and diagrams. The result show that the Namasudra women in Banshihari Community Development block is to some extend backward in the field of education and employment. Women's education and employment patterns play a significant role in women's empowerment as they are key contributors to their economic empowerment, which in turn influences the overall position of women in society. An attempt has been made to make some sort of recommendations for equitable participation and educational development of the Namasudra women in the process of empowerment.

Namasudra Women, Empowerment, Education and Employment

"EMPOWERMENT OF NAMASUDRA WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: A STUDY WITH SPATIAL REFERENCE TO BANSHIHARI CD BLOCK, DAKSHIN DINAJPUR, WEST BENGAL, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.337-349, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808947.pdf

"EMPOWERMENT OF NAMASUDRA WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: A STUDY WITH SPATIAL REFERENCE TO BANSHIHARI CD BLOCK, DAKSHIN DINAJPUR, WEST BENGAL, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp337-349, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808947.pdf