Women Empowerment

INTRODUCTION
Empowerment is a multi-dimensional process which should enable individuals or a group of

individuals to realize their full identity and powers in all spheres of life. According to websters
dictionary the word empowerment indicates the situation of authority or to be authorized or to be
powerful. Empowerment is a process that gives a person freedom in decision making .
WHAT IS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT?
Women empowerment means emancipation of women from the vicious grips of

social, economical, political, caste and gender-based discrimination. It means granting
women the freedom to make life choices. Women Empowerment itself elaborates that Social
Rights , Political Rights , Economic stability , judicial strength and all other rights should be
also equal to women. There should be no discrimination between men and woman.
Empowerment is an aid to help women to achieve equality with men or at least to reduce
gender gap considerably.
" Swami Vivekananda, quoted that, "There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless
the condition of women is improved"
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said "when women move forward the family moves, the villages
move, and the nation move."
‘There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women." Kofi
Annan.
Paolo Colella, head oF Region India, Ericssons talks about how organizations with balanced
representation of men and women perform better.
CURRENT SCENARIO ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Women in India now participate in areas such as education, sports, politics, media, art and

culture, service sector and science and technology. But due to the deep rooted patriarchal
mentality in the Indian society, women are still victimized, humiliated, tortured and
exploited. Even after almost seven decades of Independence, women are still subjected to
discrimination in the social, economic and educational field.
The two main factors that can help in empowering women are
Education
Entrepreneurship
FEW WOMEN ON TOP IN INDIAN ACADEMIA
India’s higher education lacks women academic leaders, according to a survey of 810

institutions that include the premier Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes
of Management . Only 54 out of 810 such places of
learning, including, central, state, deemed universities and institutes of national
importance , have women at the helm.
CATCHING THEM YOUNG
In India, MastrCard has established a tech hub. India is the first country in Asia-Pacific

where MasterCard has launched the Girls4Tech. Dell India has a programme called «IT is
not just for geeks», specifically targeted at school girls, in an attempt to excite them about
careers in this space. The focus is to enable 50,000 girl students by 2020.
ENTREPRENEUSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN IN INDIA
It’s not certainly India which ranks a lowly 70 among 77 countries covered in the 2015-
Female Entrepreneurship Index. Women entrepreneurs find even initial debt funding
required for day-to-day operations , difficult to raise. This indicates that significant changes
are required to reduce barriers for female entrepreneurs. The country lacks also large-scale
women-oriented venture capital funds or institutions, like Wells Fargo in the US which
provides customized offerings to women entrepreneurs such as collateral-free loans of up to
$100,000.
Golden Seeds, a US-bases VC fund, invests exclusively in women-led enterprises. Financial

training and mentoring programmes help women entrepreneurs get that edge when it comes
to writing business plans and seeking funds from banks and VCs but small steps have been
taken in that direction. But the country need to do much more to improve the ecosystem for
its women entrepreneurs.
WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS
The best way to validate a company’s inclusion of women can be measured by the presence
of women in key leadership positions. Women at leadership levels act as role models for
others, which can accelerate and attract high potential women employees.
SKILLSOFT SURVEY
Women are concerned that their employers are not doing enough to close the gender gap in
leadership positions, according to a new survey of women in the workforce by
Skillsoft. Nearly all of the 450 women across the globe who participated in the survey cited
there are a disproportionate number of males in leadership positions at work. In most
European countries women comprise less than 20% of all corporate boards and women
represent just 6% of corporate boards in Asia. To hone in on women’s leadership
development, organizations must acknowledge the key factors inhibiting women’s career
progression. Skillsoft’s study demonstrates that work-life balance is the top concern for 63%
of women. Competing priorities, like domestic responsibilities, often limit the amount of time
women have to develop into leaders within their organization, according to a recent
Eudemonia study.
Only about one quarter of respondents felt their organizations had a strategy in place to
develop women leaders. Another quarter were not aware of any programmes. While these
programmes may exist, visibility may be an issue.
CONCLUSION
In spite of many hurdles there are bright spots. There are high-profile women achievers from
many sectors, Having the zeal to succeed and reach the top is extremely important. These
role models will prompt others to follow in their foot steps. What is considered as exceptional
will become common and one wishes for a day where the parameters of this new normal
will set women free and empower them.
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INTRODUCTION

Empowerment is a multi-dimensional process which should enable individuals or a group of

WHAT IS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT?

Women empowerment means emancipation of women from the vicious grips of

CURRENT SCENARIO ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Women in India now participate in areas such as education, sports, politics, media, art and

FEW WOMEN ON TOP IN INDIAN ACADEMIA

India’s higher education lacks women academic leaders, according to a survey of 810

In India, MastrCard has established a tech hub. India is the first country in Asia-Pacific

ENTREPRENEUSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN IN INDIA

Golden Seeds, a US-bases VC fund, invests exclusively in women-led enterprises. Financial

WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS

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