Determinants of Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Working Women in DDC and Pokhara Sub-Metropolis Office, Kaski

The main objective of this study is to measure women empowerment among job working women as well as analyze the factors that determine it. For data, this study is based on the census survey by interviewing 104 women working in DDC and Pokhara Sub metropolis office through a structured questionnaire schedule in 2012. Most of the interviewed women were from a highly reproductive age belonging to the Brahmin community, and half of them had SLC above qualification holding different levels of official posts. The findings of the study shows that most of the independent variables like age of the respondents, caste, qualification, monthly income, age at marriage, work experience, husband's education and annual income of the family as the major determinants of women empowerment. The findings of this study suggest economic intervention as the most effective instrument for empowering women.

Keywords: empowerment, Kaski, socio-economic, women