A CASE STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN WORK UNDER DIMAPUR TOWN, NAGALAND

Economics

The role of working women has changed throughout the world due to economic and social conditions. They had contributed in building and exploration of the society. Women play an important role in the development of human society. It constitutes half of the world’s population. Women’s of the modern time plays the triple role of housewife, career women and as an enlightened citizen. The role of women in the present scenario has undergone a lot of changes. With advancement of society women started encroaching upon the exclusive male domain. The present study was undertaken with the following objectives to study determinant factors of women participation in work and the socio-economic empowerment dimension through participation in work. For this purpose the data was collected from women working in Dimapur town using well designed questionnaire where 50 respondents were interviewed. Parameters decision making, financial control, resource control etc, were adopted to measure the socio-economic empowerment of women. All the participants of the study were female. The study have shown that majority of women have responded they were empowered. The working women have contributed a lot in the growth and development of the economy in many ways.

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