Gender and women empowerment approaches: Interventions through PRIs and CSOs in Northern India

The paper examines ‘gender empowerment’ and ‘women empowerment’ approaches in the select villages of north Indian states viz. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh. It is a result of field experience (2009–2011) and theoretical frameworks of women and gender empowerment endorsed by the world lev...

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Published in:Women's studies international forum 2018-11, Vol.71, p.63-67
Main Author: Singh, Mudit Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Empowerment
Equality
Gender
Gender differences
Gender inequality
Governance
Intervention
Local governance
Local government
Participation
Power
Rural areas
Rural communities
Villages
Women
Women empowerment
Womens studies
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Summary:The paper examines ‘gender empowerment’ and ‘women empowerment’ approaches in the select villages of north Indian states viz. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh. It is a result of field experience (2009–2011) and theoretical frameworks of women and gender empowerment endorsed by the world level donor organizations. The study finds that intervention by civil societies and mere providing power and position to women in local governance both have a very limited effect on women empowerment in patriarchic Indian societies and argues that women empowerment approach is a pre-requisite to achieve gender equality in the rural north Indian societies.
ISSN:0277-5395
1879-243X
DOI:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.10.002