IRIA - Rajasthan Chapter

Women Empowerment

A strong woman stands up for herself but a stronger woman stands up for everybody.

Women's empowerment refers to the ability for women to enjoy their rights to control and benefit from the resources, assets, income and their own time, as well as the ability to manage the risk and improve their economic status and well being.

Women's empowerment is the process in which women elaborate and recreate what it is that they can be, do, and accomplish in a circumstance that they previously were denied.

Empowerment can be defined in many ways, however, when talking about women's empowerment, empowerment means accepting and allowing people (women) who are on the outside of the decision-making process into it. “This puts a strong emphasis on participation in political structures and formal decision-making and, in the economic sphere, on the ability to obtain an income that enables participation in economic decision-making.

Alternatively, it is the process for women to redefine gender roles that allows for them to acquire the ability to choose between known alternatives whom have otherwise been restricted from such an ability.

IRIA supports Women Empowerment and works for the betterment of the society.