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PBME Volume V ISBN: 978-81-951151-3-6

SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN WOMEN THROUGH THEIR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT

Author(s): DR. KAVITA KAMATH

Abstract

India is one of the few countries in the world where people worship Goddesses. Ironically, India is also one of the countries where many women have to fight for basic rights and social equality. History has seen many leaders and social reformers like Mahatma Gandhi, Jyotirao and Savitrbai Phule, Pandita Ramabai, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar among many others fight for women rights. Their efforts have brought about social change with respect to women empowerment, but even today, decades later, there exists a huge need to bridge the gap between equality of genders, social justice to women and economic empowerment of women.

Day in and day out women struggle to get equal opportunities as compared to their male counterparts. This paper attempts to peruse the existing literature on economic empowerment of women and social change in India, with a view to understanding the current scenario and suggesting changes needed to bring about improvement.

Keywords: Feminism, Gender Equality, Social Change, Economic Progress, Gender stereotypes

JEL Classification: O1

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