Empowerment of rural women through agriculture and dairy sectors in India Qureshi Mehar Afroz1,*, Khan Pervez Ahmed2, Uprit Sudhir1 1College of Dairy Science and Food Technology, C.G.K.V., Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India 2Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India *Address for correspondence Mehar Afroz Qureshi: College of Dairy Science and Food Technology, C.G.K.V., Raipur, C.G., India E-mail: meharafroz21@gmail.com
Online published on 28 April, 2016. Abstract Efforts have been made in this paper to critically review the women's empowerment endeavours in India. Empowerment is midway in the change processes that benefit women at individual, household, community and broader levels. At the most basic level, innovations can benefit women simply by improving their well-being in terms of health, nutrition, income, life span etc. There is a bidirectional relationship between economic development and women's empowerment defined as improving the ability of women to access the constituents of development in particular to health, education, earning opportunities, rights, and political participation. The rural women are having basic indigenous knowledge, skill, potential and resources to establish and manage enterprise. Women entrepreneur networks are major sources of knowledge about women's entrepreneurship and they are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for its development and promotion. Therefore, formation and strengthening of rural women entrepreneur network must be encouraged. Top Keywords Empowerment, equality, rural, women, India. Top |