GLOBALIZATION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA

The status of women in any civilization shows the stage of evolution at which the civilization has arrived. The term status includes not only personal and proprietary rights but also duties, liabilities and disabilities. India is a traditional bound male dominated society. Women, get very little standing in this country, (render discrimination can be seen at various stages of life. Female child are unwanted in the family. The rate of Female Feticide is very high. Noble Loreto Amarteya Sen called them "Missing Women". Starting from birth girls, do not receive as much care and commitment from their parents and society as the boys. They do not get nutritious diet. Their literary rates are low compared to men. There are several reasons why families choose riot to educate their daughters. One reason is that parents get nothing in return from the education of their daughters. Another reason is that all the females in, a household have the responsibility of the house work.