Status and Empowerment of Minority Women: A Sociological Study

Richa Singh; Dr Rashmi Singh

Abstract

The well-being of people is unquestionably the ultimate object of all development efforts of a country and the basic quest of human endeavor is always to seek a better quality of life. The quality of life of citizens of a nation can be effectively improved only by raising the standards of living of the people on the street and in rural areas. Social empowerment in general and women empowerment in particular is very fundamental in achieving this goal. The institution of democracy provides a strong foundation for harmonizing social and economic objectives. Thus, within the broad democratic framework there are great opportunities for synergizing women and economic growth Programmes to deliver better quality of life in the shortest possible span of time.

Keywords

Empowerment, Minority, Women, Social empowerment.

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Cites this article as

R. Singh, D. R. Singh, "Status and Empowerment of Minority Women: A Sociological Study", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-6, Issue-3, Page No-28-31, 2019. Available from: