of Women Empowerment in Southern Punjab (Pakistan): An Empirical Analysis Imran Sharif Chaudhry Associate Professor‚ Department of Economics‚ Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: imranchaudhry@bzu.edu.pk Farhana Nosheen PhD Scholar‚ Department of Economics‚ Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: farhananosheen@hotmail.com Abstract Women empowerment is one of the momentous issues of contemporary development policies in developing countries. Since empowerment is considered
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times‚ women have been treated as second rate citizens of all across the globe. This situation is almost same evrywhere irrespective of the developed countries or the developing countries. Women have been relegated to secondary position despite the fact that they constitute about half the world’s population today. This situation has caused immense loss to their self-respect and dignity. But now the perspective of the society has changed and a general thinking to work for the empowerment of women is being
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should women empower themselves amidst social and political constraints. Since long‚ women in India have been denied their basic human rights and assigned a role secondary to men in all spheres of life. While in West‚in the last century or so ‚ the conditions and mindset have changed to a great extent ‚but in India ‚still the conditions have not improved much. The reasons being that this present mindset is deeply entrenched in our culture and forms our core beliefs and that many women have accepted
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Women empowerment Historical Back ground of enslaving Women:- Considering sacrifices‚ sufferings & contribution of women for the welfare of the family‚ in the early times of human history‚ the families were Matriarchal (mother as head of the family).Although woman was not weaker than man‚ during menstruation‚ pregnancy & child birth she had to depend upon man.‚ who subsequently enslaved her and society took the form of “Patriarchal” (Father as Ruler & Head of family)
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The Empowerment of Women Most men view themselves as being the superior life-form in society. They justify this belief by saying that they are stronger and more capable; thus‚ making them more qualify for the more important roles in society. They place themselves on pedestals and force women to believe in their own inferiority to men and their incapability to excel educationally‚ politically‚ economically‚ and domestically. But the truth is that women will eventually advance in all these areas
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The following are the aspect of women empowerment which most vital prerequisite of women achievement of individual and collective empowerment. (a) Women who increase their control over their work at home and outside the home in advantageous position for achieving empowerment. The mutual support in work setting in and outside home is playing an important role to women empowerment through out the work. (b) Women can become independent in their families and empowered in various social settings
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Women empowerment “No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ 1944 Women empowerment refers broadly to the expansion of freedom of choice and action to shape one’s life. It implies control over resources
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Women Empowerment - A reality or Myth The Government of India had ushered in the new millennium by declaring the year 2001 as ’Women’s Empowerment Year’ to focus on a vision ’where women are equal partners like men’. The most common explanation of ’women’s empowerment’ is the ability to exercise full control over one’s actions. The last decades have witnessed some basic changes in the status and role of women in our society. There has been shift in policy approaches from the concept of ’welfare’
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Quote from a women from a village from Rajasthan ``I want to live in dignity‚ I do not want to be reduced to a state of helplessness where there is no respect for me as a human being - yes‚ that’s what I want‚ I want to live in dignity.’’ According to the village women‚ to live in dignity means fulfilment of basic needs like clean water‚ toilets‚ fuel‚ food and house; education‚ freedom of speech‚ clean environment‚ freedom from violence‚ justice‚ society where men and women are treated equally;
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NGO participation for women ’s empowerment in Bangladesh AbstractIn this paper‚ I tell the story of a grass-roots campaign of poor‚ rural women in the Mehrunnisa district of Chittagong province in Bangladesh. My objective is to examine how feminist activists strategically use and create social spaces to generate collective dialogue and critical reflection on issues of patriarchy and gendered violence. A related aim is to highlight the ways in which activists working at the grass-roots level theorize
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