An In Depth Study of Impact of Initiative Taken By Gujarat Government and Role of Non Government Organizations for Promoting Women Empowerment

Abstract

The empowerment of women is an important pre-condition for the development of humanity. In the last many years under the pro-active leadership, Gujarat Government has taken a series of steps to further integrate women into the development journey of Gujarat; politically, economically and socially. These initiatives have been taken up by the state Government s combine vision, innovation and effective implementation. newlineWomen empowerment can be achieved through provision of adequate educational facilities, political support, and effective legislation system and employment generation for women. Here, NGO S and the self-help groups (SHG) play a very pivotal role in women empowerment by providing basic education, vocational training, training for self-employment, legal aid, protection for women and self-awareness program. Thus, they are mainly concerned with the upliftment of the women in the society. newlineThis study takes measures and finding impact of initiative taken by Government of Gujarat and NGOs for promoting women empowerment. The study also measures the relationship between awareness of various Government Schemes for women empowerment and use and its effect on quality-of-life of women. Data were collected from 1009 respondents from Gujarat. Multiple regressions, factor Analysis, Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the results. newlineThe study provides information for women empowerment and their development in Rural Gujarat. The study can help strategy and policy makers to design a better plan and execute it to achieve the women empowerment. newline