• Dr. Gaikawad S. D
• Dr. Khaire B. S.

Women’s empowerment and economic development are closely interrelated. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levels would set a virtuous circle in motion? This article reviews the literature on sides of the empowerment-development nexus, and argues that the inter-relationships are probably too weak to be self-sustaining, and that continuous policy commitment to equality for its own sake may be needed to bring about equality between men and women. In view of the critical role of women in the agriculture and allied sectors, as producers, concentrated efforts will be made to ensure that benefits of training, extension and various programmes will reach them in proportion to their numbers. The programmes for training women in ‘Women and Economy’ are connected with each other. Women’s perspectives will be included in designing and implementing macro-economic and social policies by institutionalizing their participation in such processes. Their contribution to socio-economic development as producers and workers will be recognized in the formal and informal sectors (including home based workers) and appropriate policies relating to employment and to her working conditions will be drawn up. In order to enhance women’s access to credit for consumption and production, the establishment of new, and strengthening of existing micro-credit mechanisms and micro-finance institution must be undertaken so that the outreach of credit is enhanced. Other supportive measures would be taken to ensure adequate flow of credit through financial institutions and banks, so that all women below poverty line access to credit.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.127-131, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDK06043.pdf

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp127-131, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDK06043.pdf