• Dr. Ashwani Kuamr
• Mukesh Kumar

The paper attempts to analyze the status of women empowerment and women political participation in Himachal Pradesh. The concept of women empowerment not only focuses on giving women strength and skills to rise above from their miserable situation but at the same time it also stresses on the need to educate men regarding women issues and inculcating a sense of respect and duty towards women as equals. Empowerment of women has become one of the most important concerns of 21th century because of their right to participate in political processes which also impact their family and in turn the society. Countries are making attempt to increase women’s political participation and leadership in civil society and now political parties want more women to join in political activities. Women around the world are still largely absent from national and local-decision making bodies. Globally about 23% women participate in political activities, for women it is very difficult to participate in the civic and political life of their countries due to lack of support and gender discrimination. Strengthening women’s rights and addressing barriers to political participation are critical to achieving gender equality and women empowerment.

Political Participation, Civil Society, Global Population, Legislators, Discrimination, Strengthening, Barriers

"A STUDY OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN HIMACHAL PRADESH ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.32-41, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906N62.pdf

"A STUDY OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN HIMACHAL PRADESH ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp32-41, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906N62.pdf