Women Empowerment in India

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study is to determine the factors which affect women empowerment and the issues being faced by the women. This study reveals the status of women empowerment in India and explained the factors affecting their current situation. It has been found during study that females in India are not authorized to do some acts and have lower status as equated to men. Several efforts have been taken by government to endow women at national and global level by introducing and employing numerous schemes and initiatives. This study tries to hypothesize prospects of women in numerous areas and initiatives commenced by the Union of India.