WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: A STUDY ON INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Abstract

Women empowerment has become a burning issue in whole world. But few years back the status of women in comparison to men was very inferior and no one talking about the equality between the men and women. Gradually peoples are now demanding for equal rights, opportunities and status of women as equal with men not more than men. So, every country needs to focus on this issue regarding women’s equality and have some legal provision which benefit them. Some countries during constitution making have some legal provisions regarding them along with that we need other legal reservations and opportunities for women empowerment. In this article the writer focused on the empowerment of women in India. The writer focused on the concept of empowerment and women empowerment. What are the legal provisions in the Indian Constitution for the empowerment of women? what are the constitutional provisions for women empowerment? what are the schemes for women empowerment? Finally, the writer focusses on the barriers in the path of women empowerment and some possible suggestions.