• KANUPRIYA CHAUHAN
• Dr. Jai Shankar Ojha

Empowerment may mean equal status to women to develop her, Man should give women opportunity and freedom to develop her. Women empowerment looks at basic women right and attempts on organizing to attain them, Women empowerment can influence not only their own lives but also the lives of man and children. Women empowerment may enhance their self confidence and their ability and willingness to challenge oppression. Women empowerment is the recognition of women's human rights and equal opportunity. Unequal status of women being offensive to human dignity and violative of human rights, has emerged today as a fundamental crises in human development throughout the world. Indian is no exception to this unfortunate situation; Indian society is full of contradictions. On the one hand, we advocate openness, equality, and tolerance in all spheres of life; on the other hand, we do not leave out dated traditions inherited down the ages. It is a pity that our society is divided on gender basis even though the constitution of India stands for equality irrespective of gender. Crimes like killing of girl child, child marriage, dowry, limited work opportunities are the examples of inequality towards women, which put a question mark on so called civilized society. The law has a very limited capacity to ameliorate women and liberate them from age-old sanctioning women oppression and subjugation along with sexualization and commoditization of their body. The judiciary had played a vital role to improve the position of women and resolved many problems of the women in independent India identifying itself as the reformer, promoter and harbinger of social good. Even then the position of women in India is not good. What are the reasons behind this? Some are the quarries which are to be probed in the present work are: Whether constitutional and statutory safeguards are sufficient to protect the dignity of women? Whether or not Indian legal machinery has succeeded in fulfillment the role assigned to it. What role the law has played?

Since the founders of the United Nations noted their faith in “the equal right of men and women” on the first page of the UN Charter 60 years ago, - Secretary General- Kofi Annan said

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND DIGNITY OF WOMEN ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.413-420, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904563.pdf

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND DIGNITY OF WOMEN ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp413-420, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904563.pdf