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Women Participation in Economic Development

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  • Ruchika Rathore

    (Research Scholar, Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration, D. N. College,Meerut (U.P.))

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Women have the capability to accelerate the economic growth of the country, if their participation in the workforce is increased. Census (2011) data has revealed that there has been a continuing fall in labour force participation rate of women from 33.3 per cent to 26.5 per cent in rural areas. Mainstreaming gender roles by skilling women in non-traditional roles and increasing gender sensitivity in the workplace will have a catalytic effect on productivity and be a smart economic decision. Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. Empowering them is crucial not only to the well-being of individual families & rural communities, but also to overall economic productivity given women's large presence in the agricultural work force. To restore their rightful & dignified status, the present government has initiated empowerment programmes for rural women that provide a solid foundation to nurture the inner strength & selfesteem for the rural women.

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  • Ruchika Rathore, 2018. "Women Participation in Economic Development," Journal of Commerce and Trade, Society for Advanced Management Studies, vol. 13(2), pages 21-29, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:jct:journl:v:13:y:2018:i:2:p:21-29
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    Keywords

    Women Participation; Rural women; Economic Productivity; Sustainable Development.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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