Rural Women and Women Empowerment

Contents: Preface. 1. Rural women. 2. Women and development process. 3. Development policy of rural women. 4. Empowering women in India. 5. Rural women, empowerment and self help groups. 6. Many faceted role of women in development. 7. Empowering women in agriculture. 8. Empowering women and Panchayati Raj. Bibliography. Index.

In rural India, women have begun to develop not only an awareness of their world but also a consciousness of their collective power to change their lives. The efforts they have made in rural areas may seem small and fragmented but they have brought about meaningful changes in the lives of individuals and in small communities. They have enabled everyone to understand the nature of the power structure and to build tip women\'s organizational strength as Mahila Mandals or Sangh or Sangam presently, in most of the Indian village, women have formed self-help groups. The women has been regarded as a backbone of the region in terms of the role they have been playing in the development and prosperity of the Uttarakhand for the past several generations. However in most  of the cases they lack equal treatment, behaviour and status as provided to their male counterparts. They have been participating in different behaviour and status as provided to their male counterparts.  They have been participating in different activities at household and outside household level along with male members of the family. In fact certain activities are performed only by the women at household level. The book in general speaks of humanistic and constitution need in terms of rural women and women empowerment. (jacket)