Gender Issues and Women Empowerment

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Gender issues are an indispensable component of Indian social system. Women are career oriented along with the role of home-making. Women are faced with many gender issues as paid workers. Women are discriminated because they are considered as fair sex. Differentiation exists both at inhibited and exhibited levels. Roles are assigned according to gender in the form of stereotypic roles. As a matter of fact sensitivity exists among both the sexes as how jobs are allotted, work is carried on etc. As such, women are faced with many issues in the present set up of society. Modernity has created certain conflicting and anxiety situations among the women due to laxity in shedding traditional outlook and at the same time in assimilating the modern outlook. Modernization has to a very great extent been able to break the shackles of tradition and opt for employment which has brought about dramatic and drastic changes in their beliefs, attitudes and values. Employment has brought about socio-economic emancipation of women pushing equalitarian and egalitarian values to the forefront. The battle for gender justice has been a long drawn struggle. To bring reform in the social, economic, and educational fields there is need for certain attitudinal changes that comprise change of contracts, change of relations and change of values.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Noorjehan N. Ganihar

Dr. Noorjehan N. Ganihar is working in karnatak University , Dharwad since 1986. Presently, she is a Professor of the Department of Education. She obtained her M.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees from Karnatak University, Dharwad. She has a P.G Diploma in Education from S.N.D.T. Women's University, Bombay. She has a P.G. Diploma in Human Resource Management, and a P.G. Diploma in Higher Education from IGNOU. A "Second Rank" holder in her B.A course and a "First Rank" holder in B.Ed., M.Ed. and P.G Diploma in Education Management. Dr. Ganihar is a "Gold Medalist" in the M.Ed course. She is a recipient of two "State Awards" in (1982) and (1983). She has received Life Time Achievement Award in Education from Health and Education Development Association, New Delhi in 2007. She has published a number of research articles in journals of national standard and repute. She has also guided several M.Ed., M.Phil. dissertations and Ph.D. theses, attended a number of national/international seminars/conferences/workshops and presented many papers. She is a member of several academic boards/bodies besides holding honorary positions in various NGO's.