AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA

AUTHOR – S.KOGULA SWATHI, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES (SIMATS)

BEST CITATION – S.KOGULA SWATHI, AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (10) OF 2025, PG. 790-799, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

This paper attempts to analyse the present status of Women Empowerment in India and highlights the Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment. Today the empowerment of women has become one among the most necessary issues of the 21st century. There are so many women, who are wordlessly bearing the harassment from their life partners and others because of the shortage of education, lack of legal awareness and lack of empowerment. Even though women work 24/7 to boost their kids and to keep up their families, they’re not obtaining enough recognition for housework and home maintenance. As this work is unpaid, women who prefer to be home makers aren’t considered as working persons in the Indian economy. Because of this, their self-worth tends to be low. However much women empowerment continues to be an illusion of reality. We have a tendency to observe in our day to day life how women become victimised by varied social evils. The study finds  that women of the Republic of India are comparatively disempowered and that they enjoy somewhat lower rank than that of men in spite of the many efforts undertaken by the Government. It is found that acceptance of unequal gender norms by women are still prevailing within the society. The study concludes by an observation that access to Education, Employment and change in social structure are only the facultative factors to women empowerment.The sample size used in the research is 200 collected from the general public.The dependent variables are  Breaking stereotypes helps to tackle the hindrances in the path of the women empowerment,aspects  important for women’s empowerment, Factors that encourages  and prohibits women’s empowerment and the role of media.The main aim of the study is to understand the current situation of the women in the society and their progress as victims in all areas.

KEYWORDS

Women Empowerment, Education, Health, Socio-Economic Status, Crimes against women, Policy implications.