The goals of women’s empowerment are to challenge patriarchal ideology; to transform the structures and institutions that reinforce and perpetuate gender discrimination and social inequality and to enable poor women to gain access to, and control of, both material and informational resources. The empowerment process must organise women into collectives, breaking out from individual isolation and creating a united forum through which women can challenge their subordination. This book provides an authoritative account of the problems faced by women due to gender issue and discusses the strategies for their empowerment. This work will be a beneficial reference tool for scholars, activists and policy makers in the field of women’s studies.
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