Empowering Women in the Social Context of India: problems and Possibilities

Abstract

The main aims and objectives of this article are to explore the nature of empowering women in the social economical and political ground and to know what problems are faced by all concerned and to realize the role of the Government of India in empowering women by eliminating the problems. Gender discrimination in Indian social system exists from the days of immemorial. Naturally discrimination and injustice to women are very common in India in the third decade of the 21st century. In ancient Indian society the role of men was given importance but on the contrary no importance was given to the women. However,now we can notice a radical change of the women in Indian society.Like all the developed and developing country, India too is empowering women to bring back them to the mainstream of the society. It is known to all that the role of women in the progress and prosperity of a nation is not less. It is quite impossible to develop India if we cannot solve the problems related to gender discrimination.Naturally after independence; the social, political and economical aspects of the women were given importance to build a strong nation. Now equal importance is given to them in the fields of education and politics. As a result women literacy rate is increasing day by day and they are working as a decession maker in the various fields of our society. Now in our Indian social system women avail their law abiding rights in marriage, succession, politics, education and so on. Women are strengthening democracy by taking participation actively in national politics.