Aspects Of Women's Empowerment Research Articles

Does Higher Education Influence on Women Empowerment? A Perceptual Study

In today’s world higher education is crucial not only as a source of knowledge but also as a means to increase one’s employability. Even though this statement holds good for both men and women, higher education has a more predominant role in the life of woman because higher education not only promotes the financial stability of women but also boost self-confidence and independence in her personality. In order to understand to what extent higher education influences the various aspects of women empowerment namely Social, Psychological, Economic, Political and Educational, a perceptual study of women with higher education has been undertaken in Karnataka. A multiple regression analysis was used to check the influence of higher education on women empowerment and depicted the path analysis using Structured Equation Model. The study revealed that higher education significantly influences the overall empowerment of women and it also exhibited that there is no association between women’s perception on overall empowerment among demographic parameter except monthly income.

The Issues and Aspects of Women Empowerment: Feministic Perspectives

This article attempts to draw on the conceptual understanding of women empowerment primarily focusing on its major aspects. Empowerment enables women to acquire knowledge, skills, and techniques which will help them in their personal and social growth as well as foster their sensitivity towards problems in society. Women Empowerment refers to the creation of an environment for women where they can make decisions of their own for their benefit as well as for society. The issues of women and their empowerment are explored and interpreted using qualitative methodology highlighting feminism as a critical approach. Employing both description and content analysis as major methodological tools, the writer discusses on the social, economic, cultural, educational, political, and psychological aspects of women empowerment from feministic perspectives with an aim to familiarize the women with the basic concepts of empowerment so that it can help them increase and improve their strength in these various domains and build up confidence to create a just society based on equality, freedom and justice.

Impact of Government Policy on Women Empowerment: Evidence from the Poverty Alleviation Fund, Nepal

Traditionally, most of the women in developing countries like Nepal have had to face different forms of inequality and discrimination such as limited access to education, deprivation from property rights and forced early marriage mainly due to the patriarchal structure of society. As a result, gender disparity, forced marriage and violence against them, women have a lower societal status and lower level of education, few accesses to employment and legal rights compared to male. Government policies and programs helps to improve all the aspects of women empowerment. The main objective is to study the impact of government policy based programme for women empowerment. The study demonstrates the role, responsibility, opportunity, and decision-making issues of women. Taking reference of PAF model for women empowerment members of community organizations (CO) involved were selected as a sample. Both qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed. The PAF model takes community demand driven approach and supports the formation of representative community organizations of the poor and helps them identify their own development priorities, needs and solutions. The findings revealed that the women are in the process of their empowerment. They need position help and support from the family, society, and country as well. For this, country should develop gender friendly policies and programs.

The gendered effects of statecraft on women in tourism: Economic sanctions, women’s disempowerment and sustainability?

Despite sanctions being one of the most common and far-reaching forms of economic statecraft, there is a notable absence of research on the gendered effects of economic sanctions on women’s empowerment in general, and more particularly in relation to tourism. This is surprising given that the burden of economic sanctions is overwhelmingly felt by women due to their vulnerable socio-economic and political status in targeted countries. Drawing upon a disciplinary base in international relations and political science and using a gendered lens via a series of interviews, this study sought to explore the gendered effects of economic sanctions on Iranian women’s empowerment in the country’s tourism and hospitality industry. The study’s findings indicate that sanctions have negatively affected and deteriorated economic, psychological, social and political aspects of women empowerment. The results highlight the vulnerability of empowerment within the religio-patriarchal society of Iran. As such economic empowerment is recognized as a major contributor to the overall empowerment of women in Iran which is therefore severely affected by sanctions. Overall, this study fills a significant gap in tourism research by highlighting the gendered implications of a ubiquitous state tool of coercive diplomacy and foreign policy and its effects on women’s empowerment.

Women Empowerment through Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Scheme in Rajasthan: A Study on Rural Households in Selected Region

In India, cooking is one of the chores that capture most of the time in women's day to day life. Women in rural India do not get time to look beyond these chores and hardly get time for some other productive work. According to Census, 2011, nearly 121 million families in India are still cooking food using traditional fuels. In India, around 40 percent of households still deprived of clean energy for cooking food. Recognizing such facts, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2016. This scheme aims to provide a clean energy fuel of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) to 80 million rural women in India who belong below the poverty line family. The present study attempted to analyze the impact of the PMUY scheme on the socio-economic status of women in the rural sector in India and thereby assess the effectiveness of Yojana on women empowerment in the rural sector. The objectives of PMUY, namely, sustainability, energy affordability, efficiency, safety, and clean environment, selected as dependent variables in the study. The socio-economic factors of women empowerment, namely, accessibility, executive power, awareness, financial independence, and behavioral change in herself, chose as independent variables in the study. The present study is a survey-based approach and survey responses obtained from 187 women living in the rural sector in India. The Correlation, regression, and ANOVA statistical tools applied for analysis. The study's findings showed that all the dimensions of PMUY significantly influence the socio-economic aspects of women empowerment. The study also proposed a new conceptual model that may assist the government in framing new policies and strategies to enhance the effectiveness of PMUY in India.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION, WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO INDIA

Women population comprises of half of the population of a country. Therefore, a country’s progress and growth depend on the contribution of its women population as well. Individuals who create business and employment are entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is actually the ability to develop and sustain a business associated with risk and ultimately make profit. Every entrepreneur aims to make profit for his own concern. Entrepreneurship is also associated with conversion of new innovation and technology into business which ultimately generates employment and profit in the economy and thus the entrepreneurs contributes towards the growth of an economy. According to Schumpeter innovation in business is the primary reason for increased investment and business ups-and-downs in an economy. Recently, women entrepreneurship in India is also making a mark in the society. Many Indian women are empowered to do business on their own. Women in the present scenario in Indian society has started taking initiative to make a start up with their career as entrepreneurs with small business. Women are also successful in their field of business. The women in our society are progressive and capable of sustaining a business. Hence, we also focus on the women entrepreneur’s contribution to the society. In this paper we try to focus on the aspects of women empowerment and its impact on the society of India. Women in India are mostly home-makers, but few are progressive as they are properly educated and also knows how to execute their knowledge. Empowerment of women means when a woman is having economic liberty and financial decision-making authority. Nearly half of the population of a country are females and hence it is extremely necessary to make this population involved in economic activity of a country. But there is of course gender based discrimination in the society. Here we try to focus on the aspects of women empowerment through entrepreneurship in India as well as how women are financially included to be economically independent.