Empowerment in the context of women’s development is a way of defining, challenging and overcoming barriers in a woman’s life through which she increases her ability to shape her life and environment. Today, globalization has presented new challenges for the realization of the goal of women’s equality, the gender impact of which has not been systematically evaluated fully. After the emergence of III World countries, the attention of policymakers around the world turned toward the eradication of poverty that permeates among these countries and nullifies all the efforts for growth and prosperity. Bringing these countries to the level of the I and II world was essential in order to have balanced and sustained growth. Empowerment of women signifies harnessing women’s power by promoting their tremendous potential and encouraging them to work towards attaining a dignified and satisfying way of life through confidence and competence. The empowerment of women is crucial for the development of the country. Various anti-poverty programs were designed and implemented by governments with varied characteristics and objectives. However, since the effectiveness of those programs was skeptical the world started looking forward to alternate measures that fill the gap and increase the efficacy of the efforts of governments.
Author(s) Details:
Janaki Thenneti
Aurora’s PG College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Recent Global Research Developments in the Study on Rural Women’s Empowerment
Sustainable Livelihoods for Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment:
- This policy brief discusses experiences and ways forward from the Joint Programme on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of increasing rural women’s access to and control of resources for sustainable improvements in economic empowerment [1].
Women’s Empowerment in Rural Community-Driven Development Projects:
- This report analyzes gender features of long-standing World Bank rural community-driven development (CDD) projects. It explores their impacts on women’s economic, political, and social empowerment [2].
Empowering Rural Women through Skill Development: A Pathway to Sustainable Livelihoods:
- This study investigates current skill development programs for women in rural areas and their impact on economic matters. It also explores barriers to skill acquisition and the role of technology in these programs [3].
References
- Sustainable Livelihoods For Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment
https://mptf.undp.org/sites/default/files/documents/sustainable_livelihoods_jp_rwee_policy_brief.pdf - Independent Evaluation Group. (2016). Women’s empowerment in rural community-driven development projects https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/evaluations/women-empowerment-rural-cdd
- Luftu-ul-Hasnaen, S., Parvez, Z., & Syed, K. (2023). Empowering Rural Women through Skill Development: A Pathway to Sustainable Livelihoods. Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences, 4(4), 306-318.
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