A Micro Study of the Level of Empowerment and Knowledge of Elected Women Gram Pradhans in Agra District

  Dr. Deepa Rawat,  Dr. Priya Sauni

Empowerment of women in all spheres of life i.e economic social and political is crucial for their advancement and for the foundation of gender equal society. It is central to the goals of equality, development and peace. Direct political participation of women in local governance is a central human right in itself and enables the realization of a host of other human rights. Political voice and decision-making power of women concerning basic services, economic development and social justice are critical factors in challenging and transforming structural discrimination of the caste, class and gender.The present paper is based on primary data, wherein, the villages with women pradhans were visited and an in-depth knowledge about their working knowledge status etc was acquired. The women pradhans were questioned with the help of an exhaustive questionnaire. We sincerely hope that there might be one day in the future when political, social and economic empowerment in the real sense would be achieved.

Keywords- Panchayti Raj Institutions, EWGPs, Empowerment ,

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1704146
Page Number(s) - 897-901
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 4 | November 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Dr. Deepa Rawat,  Dr. Priya Sauni,   "A Micro Study of the Level of Empowerment and Knowledge of Elected Women Gram Pradhans in Agra District", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 4, pp.897-901, November 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1704146.pdf