Women are an integral part of every economy. All round development and harmonious growth of a nation would be possible only when women are considered as equal partners in progress with men. Empowerment of women is essential to harness the women labour in the main stream of economic development. Empowerment of women is a holistic concept. It is multi-dimensional in its approach and covers social, political, economic and social aspects. Of all these facets of women’s development, social empowerment is of utmost significance in order to achieve a lasting and sustainable development of society.
The Government is much more on economic and political empowerment of the women. But till the women are not socially empowered nothing is going to change. If we see the condition of women sarpanch we all are aware that their male counterpart only take all the decisions. same is the condition when the women member take a loan from the SHG. The same men who were dead against their wives to join SHG decides how will the loan money be used. In both the condition the women feel helpless because they are not socially empowered. Social empowerment means to change the socialisation process, education system, religious values, cultural rules etc. Are we ready for such change? How will the change take its shape? What will be its methodology?
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