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Enhancing Employability skills of women at the grass root level through Implementation of Schemes and Programmes for the empowerment of Women in Himachal Pradesh – an Approach

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  • Purnima Thaper Asstt. Prof. Public Administration COE, GDC Sanjauli Shimla-6

Keywords:

Women Empowerment, Health, Nutrition, Government Schemes

Abstract

Women‘s empowerment can be defined to promoting women‘s sense of self worth, their ability to determine their own choices, their right to influence social change for themselves and others. The term women empowerment is all about authority, or the power embarked on women sharing indistinguishable rights. The term refers to the liberation of women from socio-economic restraints of reliance. This progress has to be accompanied by their freedom in decision making both within and outside their home with the ability to influence the direction of social change. Empowerment cannot be defined in terms of specific activities or end results because it involves a process whereby women can freely analyze, develop and voice their needs and interests, without them being pre-defined, or imposed.

However, women equality and empowerment has always remained a priority area and has been taken utmost care by stake holders. The assumption that planners can identify women's needs; runs against empowerment objectives. The concept of 'Gender Discrimination' has much wider coverage in the Indian economy. My paper titled ―Enhancing Employability skills of women at the grass root level through Implementation of Schemes and Programmes for the empowerment of Women in Himachal Pradesh- an Approach” discusses about the Women Empowerment, Constitutional safe guards, as well as plans and programmes started by the government for women empowerment. My question here is that are these government schemes and programmes actually able to empower women? Are these schemes and programmes helpful in diminishing the women problems at the grass root level?

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2022-11-27

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