Empowerment in terms of Amartya Sen is capacity and capability building. Empowerment today is more than ideology. It is an act of accomplishment. It is the mode of achieving that accomplishment. However in a country like India divide on class line, caste lines and gender lines, this achievement seems to be a distant dream.
Women empowerment has been subject to a wide range of debates form the beginning of scholastic interpretation of society. However, a conclusion to such long ranging debate is yet to be finalized.
Women in India are subjected to several nuances in our society that are seemed to be actions against women dignity. India has been a agricultural society from the beginning and in a agricultural society, the male is expected to do all the "heavy" work, form cultivating crops to selling them into the market. While women were simply subjected to taking care of the house and children. If time permits then they were even allowed to gather firewood and fruits.
Gradually with time this difference between man and woman became more objectified and defined. Now women were isolated into the four walls of the house while men were beginning to take control of woman's lives. These features are prevalent more in agricultural societies and hence in areas like punjab and uttar pradesh the sex ratio and literacy ratio is always the lowest.
However, today is not yesterday. women have started to come to the fore and take equal steps with men when it comes to ability. However the society still treats them in a disassociated manner.
Ranging from bollywood to an MNC, women are paid less than men.
With rising amount of violence against women, the dignity of women is at stake.
Women empowerment has been subject to a wide range of debates form the beginning of scholastic interpretation of society. However, a conclusion to such long ranging debate is yet to be finalized.
Women in India are subjected to several nuances in our society that are seemed to be actions against women dignity. India has been a agricultural society from the beginning and in a agricultural society, the male is expected to do all the "heavy" work, form cultivating crops to selling them into the market. While women were simply subjected to taking care of the house and children. If time permits then they were even allowed to gather firewood and fruits.
Gradually with time this difference between man and woman became more objectified and defined. Now women were isolated into the four walls of the house while men were beginning to take control of woman's lives. These features are prevalent more in agricultural societies and hence in areas like punjab and uttar pradesh the sex ratio and literacy ratio is always the lowest.
However, today is not yesterday. women have started to come to the fore and take equal steps with men when it comes to ability. However the society still treats them in a disassociated manner.
Ranging from bollywood to an MNC, women are paid less than men.
With rising amount of violence against women, the dignity of women is at stake.
Even with government going pro-women and shelling out both money and schemes to change the mindset of people (beti bachao, beti padhao), there is still a long way to go to capture the imagination of the people.
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