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WomenEmpowermentBy Neha Lalwani Acknowledgement Prof. ___________What Empowerment of WOMEN Means??By the term Women Empowerment we refers to Increasing the Spiritual, Political, Social or Economical Strength of individual woman and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.

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Increase CapacitiesIncrease Convergence of Capacities & OpportunitiesIncrease Oppurtunitiy3 Facets of EmpowermentOBJECTIVE

EqualityEquity

Why need of women empowerment?Women are worshipped as goddess in INDIA, But not given her true position. The main problems faced by women in past and present

Gender discriminationWomen educationFemale infanticide DowryMarriage in same caste and child marriageAtrocities on women: With their age, they have been raped, kicked, killed, subdued & humiliated almost daily.

Why it should beReflecting into the Vedas purana of Indian culture, woman is being worshiped such as LAXMI MAA, goddess of wealth; SARASWATI MAA, for wisdom; DURGA MAA, for power. The status of women in India, particularly in rural areas needs to address the issues of empowering women.

Leaving a major number of urban and suburban women, the Indian women are still crying for simple justice. Which is not even allowed to have been accessed to them.

Ironically, women have not actively participated in their own emancipation mainly due to low economic independence.

With their age, they have been raped, kicked, killed, subdued & humiliated almost daily.

About 66% of the female population in rural area is unutilized. This is mainly due to existing social customs.

In agriculture & animal care the women contribute 90% of the total work force.

Women constitute almost half of the population, perform nearly 2/3rd of its work hours, receive 1/10th of the worlds income & own less than 1/100th of the world property.

Among the worlds 900 million illiterate people, women out number men two to one.

70% of people living in poverty are women.

Lower sex ratio i.e. 933.

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The male child perceived as an asset for the landless rural laborer, a dowry earner for a greedy middle class family and a simple matter of pride for the mother.

The existing studies show that the women are relatively less healthy than men even though, they belong to same class. They constitute less than 1/7th of the administrators & managers in developing countries.

Only 10% seats in worlds parliament & 6% in national cabinets are held by them.Contd. VALUES or SPECIALITY or CHANGES of an Empowered Woman. IMPROVES IN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE

SELF DEFINING POWER

PERSONAL POWER

AUTHENTICITY CREATIVITY

PHYSICAL STRENGTH

EQUALITY

MUTUALITY IN RELATIONSHIPS

ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

WOMEN IDENTIFICATION

REEDOM FROM OPPRESSION

HAVING POLITICAL POWER IN SOCIETY

1.IMPROVES IN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE

Explore and trust own thoughts, emotion, desires and experiences. Recognize positive and negative characteristics.Set goals and work toward them.Know about positive value assertion.Knows self through own creative work.Credit self for her thoughts, feelings, and actions, etc.

2.SELF DEFINING

Create her own definition of herself rather than accept others definition of her. Views herself as a complete human person. Has the courage to try non-traditional behaviors. She defines herself as a complete, whole human person, not a helpmate to man, a mother, a housewife, or server of others needs, etc.

3.PERSONAL POWER

Personally strong, not from dominating others, but from their love, trust and faith in themselves and other women.

It involves being active, assertive, and skillful.

Do not require support from man to survive.

Self-governing and positive self-image, etc.

4.AUTHENTICITY

Be honest without shame.

Ignore criticisms if you are doing something you enjoy.

Acting on own values, desires, emotions needs, capabilities to do something positively, etc.

5.CREATIVITY

Ability to increase diversity in ones thinking.Struggles for authenticity through personal creativity.Balance of power conflict, competition, and success in new ways. Especially important is using anger creatively.Makes choices and decisions based on knowledge of alternatives leads to concrete creative action.Achieving personal freedom, personal identity.6.PHYSICAL STRENGTH

Strength, vitality, health, stamina, and fearlessness are needed for women to accomplish their goals.Physical power and physical equality with men are also needed. 7.EQUALITYThe right of women and men to live as free and equal human beings, equality should exist in all areas of life, such as. womens constitutional rights as citizensworkaccess to wealth

8.MUTUALITY IN RELATIONSHIPS

That is women are encouraged to choose relationships based on mutual respect, understanding, and co-operation and therefore foster mutual growth is possible.

9.ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

Women must learn to understand economics and how to make money. This will enable us to be financially self sufficient and therefore economically independent of men.

10.WOMEN IDENTIFICATION

To liberate themselves, women must stop selling out their identities as women by rejecting restrictive gender roles, stereotypes and by claiming all territory as womens territory. Make a own positive identification.

11.FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION

Being able to grow and achieve without restrictions in society. This includes freedom of movement, freedom of choice, freedom from fear of male violence and freedom to express ones ideas and opinions without constraint.

12.HAVING POLITICAL POWER IN SOCIETY

Involved in making decisions shaping society, to exercise their own voice and to have the power to influence the decisions being made in society.

Lack of education,Financial constraint,Family responsibility,Low mobility,Low ability to bear risk,Low need for achievement,Absence of ambition for the achievement,Social statusWhat are the main problems?Historical Background of Women Empowerment in India LAWs

To Prevent CrimeAgainst WomenWomen empowerment service by types

Landmark women1953 Vijay Lakshmi Pandit First woman President of the United Nations General Assembly

1966 Indira Gandhi First woman Prime Minister of India

1984 Bachendri Pal First Indian woman to climb mount everest

1989 Justice M. Fathima - First woman judge of Supreme Court

1997 Kalpana Chawla First India born woman to go into space

Landmark women1992 Priya Jhingan First lady cadet to join the Indian Army

2000 K. Malleswari First Indian woman an Olympic medal

2004 - Punita Arora First woman to reach highest rank in Army Lt. General

2007 - Smt. Pratibha Patil First woman President of India

2009 - Meira Kumar First women speaker of Lok SabhaLandmark women1883 Chandramukhi Basu & Kadambini Ganguly First female graduates

1886 - Kadambini Ganguly & Anandi Gopal Joshi First woman to be trained in western medicine

1905 - Sozanne RD Tata First Indian to drive a car

1925 Sarojini Naidu First Indian female President of Indian National Congress

1944 Ashima Chatterjee First Indian female to be conferred the doctorate of science by Indian university

1951 Prem Mathur First Indian woman commercial pilot

Women General positive characteristicsHard workingSincereMore honestMore meticulous

Software industry 30% womenWomen Ground realities & ironyWomen in all professions, all levels of employment, efficient workers

Still seen by some as -Reproducers, care givers, sexual receivers, agents of familys general prosperityThe origin of a child is a mother, a woman. .she shows a man what sharing, caring, and loving is all about. That is the essence of a woman." Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994ConclusionWhen women move forward the family moves, the village moves and the nation moves.

It is essential as their thought & their value systems lead the development of a good family, good society & ultimately a good nation. Thank you