• Dr.R.Sankar

In the contemporary political system, the political status of women in India has attained an almost equal position to men. The traditional role of women has been altered along with the changes made by the impact of globalization. In the modern perspective, after various agitations and legal amendments, their socio-economic and political participation were completely available to women. But, women were not fairly treated by the patriarchal society. In the medieval period, the status of women had raised up by the various reformers both men and women. Contemporary India, only sizeable numbers of women had been held the highest position in the political system that President of India, Prime Minister of India, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Union Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Several ministers for various departments in state governments, etc. Apart from that, the 73rd Amendment Act related to Panchayat Raj Institutions came into force and constitutionally empowered the women by giving them 33% representation in the Panchayati Raj Institutions as well as reserving one-third of the chairperson’s post in the three-tier system. The several articles of the Indian Constitution protected women rights through equality, dignity, and freedom from discrimination. Formation of numerous National Commissions, International conventions, legal enactments, and guidelines have been mostly attempting to protect and in favor of the empowerment of women. While they have not yet the politically empowered and decision-making authorities alone and also dominated by male members within their families and the whole society. In this backdrop, this paper is a modest attempt to analyze the women empowerment through political participation in India: problems and challenges in the contemporary political system. The study has been adopted descriptive research design and information’s are gathered from various books, journals, online sources, government reports and etc.

Women empowerment, Political Participation, Political Representation, Women Leadership,

"Women Empowerment through Political Participation in India: Problems and Challenges in Contemporary Political System", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.496-499, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904B74.pdf

"Women Empowerment through Political Participation in India: Problems and Challenges in Contemporary Political System", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp496-499, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904B74.pdf