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WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
What is women empowerment
o capacity of women to take control of
their circumstances
o exercise power and achieve their own
goals
o able to help themselves to maximize
quality of their lives
o cultural norms
o face more barriers in
the workplace than
men do
o gender discrimination
o women education
o financial constraint
o low ability to bear risk
Barriers
Ways to
achieve it
o Shiksha- education
o Swasth - health
o Swavyalamban - self
reliance
o Samajik nyay - justice
o Samvedana - sensitivity
o Samta - equality
“Go ahead fall
down.
The world looks
different from the
ground”.

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Women empowerment

  • 2. What is women empowerment o capacity of women to take control of their circumstances o exercise power and achieve their own goals o able to help themselves to maximize quality of their lives
  • 3. o cultural norms o face more barriers in the workplace than men do o gender discrimination o women education o financial constraint o low ability to bear risk Barriers
  • 4. Ways to achieve it o Shiksha- education o Swasth - health o Swavyalamban - self reliance o Samajik nyay - justice o Samvedana - sensitivity o Samta - equality
  • 5. “Go ahead fall down. The world looks different from the ground”.