Women Empowerment and Socio-economic Development: A case study of Rawalpindi Region

Abstract

Now a day‘s many non-government and government organizations are working for women empowerment and betterment exclusively for those women‘s who belong to very poor community. These organizations also engage to develop the interest among women‘s in different disciplines such as employers, landowners, moneylenders etc. Basically, this type of struggle enlightens the women‘s empowerment, which could be achieved by mutual participations and actions. These type of activities are also step ahead against male orientated society, which completely dominant over organization and institutions. In every field of life people faces the number of challenges to get their position in this society such as in job opportunities etc. The different people especially women are facing aggressive shape of challenges that forces the millions of people in the swap of inequality and disproportions. This type of activities is totally against the soul of human right 1 It is recognized that empowerment could be used as a tool for sustainable development in various fields i.e. Education and resources decision making power and authority and even in felling sense of responsibility himself.