CONTENTS: Empowerment, Empowering Perceptions; Empowering the Rural Women; Empowerment Strategies for Women; Advancement and Empowerment of Women: Policies and Programme; Empowering the Veiled Women; Womenpower and Development; Womenpower – The Neglected Factor in Development; Empowering Rural Women Through Local Self Government; Women in Participatory Development; Lesson in Capacity Building for Women’s Empowerment; Women and Economic Decision-making; Promotion of Credit to Women Entrepreneurs; Indian Women: the new configurations; Planning for a Better Future for Rural Women; Social Reforms Movement for Women’s Development; Matriliny and Status of Women in Kerala; Women and Social Change in India; Women, Law and Social Change; and Ageing Women: Some Issues;
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Women's empowerment presupposes a drastic, dynamic and democratic change in the perception of and expectations from women in our society. To help in women to attain economic independence is the first priority from such a change.
