Empowerment of Rural Indian Women

Women’s empowerment is a comparatively new concept in the domain of women’s development. It is being felt increasingly the women’s subordination and exploitation is a result of their powerlessness in patriarchal society- hence the need for empowerment. Empowerment is a complex term and may be measured in terms of women’s freedom to shape their lives, their control over resources, their access to basic facilities, their level of political participation, their ability to take their own decisions and let them accepted by family and society and their ability to remove hindrances in their path to progress. This book provides valuable information about rural women of Uttarakhand regarding all the above mentioned criteria, on the basis of primary data collected by the author for her research project and secondary data collected from other research studies. Rural women of Uttarakhand are know for their courage, perseverance and hard work. They are active in socio-political movements and are striving to improve their lives. But they still face many problems and need more guidance and encouragement from government and non-government agencies to empower themselves. About The Author:- Dr. (Mrs) Zainab Rahman, has been teaching Sociology for the past two decades. She has many research papers to her credit, which were presented at National and International Seminars and Conferences. Her articles have been published in books and journals of repute. Her first book, ‘Women and Society’ was published two years back and was well received. She hails form the historic city of Hyderabad, where she received her education. Her adult life has been spent mostly in the picturesque Dehradun. She has travelled widely and lived abroad for some years. She had a chance of studying different cultures and noting the similarities and differences in various societies and populations. Women’s studies and social change are her areas of specialization and she continues to do research work in these fields. Contents:- Foreword • Preface • Acknowledgment • Introduction • Methodology • Ground Realities of Rural Women and Development Programmes • Rural Women of Uttarakhand • Socio Economic Status of the Respondents • Rural Women and Political Participation • Decision Making Process and Women • Women’s Access to Basic Facilities • Economic Independence of Women • Level of Empowerment of Respondents and Main Hindrances to Empowerment • Rural Women of Kumaon and Their Level of Empowerment • Conclusion • Case Studies • Bibliography • Index. The Title 'Empowerment of Rural Indian Women written/authored/edited by Zainab Rahman', published in the year 2007. The ISBN 9788178356051 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 250 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Rural Development / Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-