Women Empowerment: A Literature Review & Research Agenda

Abstract

Debate on women empowerment started decades back in India. It is a frequently used term among policymakers, politicians, social workers and academicians still the state of women remains miserable. The current study tried to do a systematic review of the literature to understand the underlying factors responsible for successful women empowerment. So, this study aims to investigate the major determinants of women empowerment explored by the previous studies. Moreover, the current study also proposes the direction for future research to address the current dearth of research on assessment of women empowerment schemes introduced and implemented by the central government and various state governments of India from time to time.