Women Empowerment Through Political Reforms

Due to the continued development of globalization India has made progress in technology, but still lagging behind women equality and rights. In 1995, the illiteracy rate of adults in India was 48%. Women's illiteracy rate is 62%, compared with 34% of men (UNDP, 1997). The literacy rate in rural areas is lower than in urban areas (fao.org). These statistics show that there is inequality in education. Amartya Sen, winner of the Nobel economics award, said that human capital is extremely important for production possibilities. Increasing the status of women is necessary as it will build the human capital of the country.

Women empowerment can be measured by Gender Empowerment Measures (GEM), which shows that women are politically and economically involved in a particular country. The GEM is calculated by following the "percentage of women in parliamentary seats, female legislators, senior officials and managers, the proportion of female professionals and skilled workers, and income sex differences reflecting economic independence" ing. Next, rank the countries based on this information. Other measures that take into account the importance of women's participation and equality include the gender equality index and the gender-related development index (GDI).

Giving power to women means a woman's malicious means of eliminating discrimination by social, economic, political, caste, and gender. This means giving women the freedom to choose their own lives. To give authority to women means not to "deceive women" but to replace patriarchy in the same way. In this regard, there are many political parties that empower women as follows. - Status of women in India: The status that women enjoyed during the Veda era worsened with the later Vedas civilization. Women are deprived of the right to education and the right to remarry of widows. They were deprived of ownership of inheritance and property. Many social diseases including child marriage and dowry system surfaced and began to rape women. During the Gupta period, the position of women has deteriorated sharply. Dowry became an institution, and Satipurata became a prominent institution