Women Households Empowerment, Decisive Role, Participation for Agriculture and Rural Economy in South Asia: A Case Study of Haryana

Dr. Raj Kumar; Brij Mohan Krishan Shorey

doi:10.21276/ijirem.2021.8.3.2

Abstract

An attempt has been made in the paper to explore to the extent women empowerment affected the conditions of rural women engaged in agriculture and related household activities. Results of the study show that there isn’t much improvement in women’s power in regard to take decisions in agriculture and household activities in the rural agrarian economy. Women headed households occupying houses made up of burnt brick is more in rural (53.65 per cent) in comparison to urban (33.23 per cent). Only 17 percent women are taking final decision regarding selling and purchasing of animals in the present agrarian economy in rural areas. The formation of policy making regarding women empowerment should be improved and implemented in properly so that they have benefited.

Keywords

Women-Empowerment, Policy-Formulation, Decision-Making Process, Empowered-Women, and Rural Agrarian Economy.

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Cites this article as

D. R. K. , B. M. K. S. , "Women Households Empowerment, Decisive Role, Participation for Agriculture and Rural Economy in South Asia: A Case Study of Haryana", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-8, Issue-3, Page No-12-18, 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21276/ijirem.2021.8.3.2