A Comparative Study of Women Discrimination and Empowerment in the State of Assam (India)

Abstract

The prevailing paper is an strive to investigate the fame of ladies vis-à-vis guys and their empowerment in phrases of various socioeconomic and political indicators inclusive of get entry to training, employment, household choice making power, financial autonomy, freedom of movement, exposure to media, political participation, revel in of home violence etc in the nation of Assam the usage of secondary information acquired from diverse resources. The improvement technique within the nation isn't always gender neutral; ladies revel in quite inferior popularity as compared to the common girls in India. Percentage of ladies in the authorities offerings and their political participation is quite low and does not display any signal of huge development. Intercourse ratio/sex even though no longer in favor of women is improving over the years. Women experience higher status within the kingdom in comparison to ladies in India in terms of choice making power on the family level while the scenario is opposite in case of their economic autonomy and Sexual violence. Inter district disparity is rampant in the kingdom. Districts like Kamrup and Tinsukia in spite of having excessive in line with capita DDP have now not been capable of transform the improvement effort to bridge the gender gap. Districts with excessive literacy prices are having high proportion of lady most important and marginal employees and occasional proportion of non-workers. Higher the literacy  rate  and higher of workers participation rate. Female enrolment fee is underneath fifty in step with cent regardless of universalization of number one schooling and provision of mid day meal schemes. Although authorities has undertaken a number of steps the situation has remained gloomy particularly due to the fact the knowledgeable ladies are not forward searching and cherish the  vintage customs.There may be a need to create focus in the direction of reaching the desired intention of girls empowerment within the nation.