Volume IV Special Issue III March 2024

Name of Author : G Apsana, V Hemalatha

Title of the paper : Women Empowerment in Literature

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to analyze the status of women empowerment in India. The study reveals that women of India are relatively disempowered and they enjoy somewhat lower status than that of men in spite of many efforts undertaken by government. Most womens policies has recognized the idea of womens empowerment as a justifiable objective. The use of literature as a means of self-expression and self-identification can significantly increase womens power both internally and externally. This paper makes an analysis of how and why literature should be integrated with the debates concerning womens empowerment. It brings out the benefits of connecting women to literature with the purpose of their individual and collective empowerment. Empowerment is a very powerful word which means independence and power to do whatever one wants or to regulate life according to their own will. In 1983 the Womens Studies International Forum discussed empowerment of women in Power and Empowerment. From then until now, the literature has increasingly been focused on these issues. The key focus of the paper thus remains literature and empowerment.

Keywords : Women Empowerment, Society, Gender Justice, Literature.

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Page Number : 9-10