• Sasikumar.P
• Dr.K.Apple Rajan

Women subjected to humiliation and suppression due to cultural codes and norms of the society. The oppressed the women who are almost half of the population, women have been subjected to huge amount of discrimination and humiliation within the system of cultural clutches accentuated by the rigid religious and traditional fundamentalism. Numerous, social movements and affirmative actions of the state and international organization have been tried to emancipate the women from the clutches of prejudices. It is observed that the women subordination found to be the root of all oppression in the society as they constitute half of the population and engaging in all kind of productive activities and catering the HH activities along with other activities for which they have not received any recognition. This paper tries to highlight the contribution of social movements and constitutional protection to emancipate the women from the clutched of cultural prejudices and subordination. The outcome of the study indicated that both social movements and constitutional protection work hand to hand to expand the frontier of women development but still long way to go.

Impact of social movements and constitutional safeguards on women empowerment in Tamil Nadu

"Impact of social movements and constitutional safeguards on women empowerment in Tamil Nadu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.186-191, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907G70.pdf

"Impact of social movements and constitutional safeguards on women empowerment in Tamil Nadu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp186-191, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907G70.pdf