AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA

The empowerment of women is currently one of the most important topics of the 21st century. Yet, women's emancipation remains a fantasy. We see in daily life how different societal ills target women as victims. A nation's social, economic, or political development will stall if women are not involved in national affairs. Women make up half of humankind and labour for 2/3rd of world’s working hours. She owns less than 1/10th of the world's resources and barely earns1/3rdof the global income. This demonstrates how miserable women's economic standing isin a country like India. Women's empowerment involves strengthening women's rights to all their social, economic, and educational requirements. Its objective is to give women access to a gender-neutral atmosphere. To give them equal rights in the workplace, family, society, and community.
The current paper seeks to examine the state of women's empowerment in India and underlines the problems and obstacles that remain. The study's conclusion states that women's empowerment is only made possible through access to education, employment, and participation in social, political, and economic life of the nation with sense of equity