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Ph.D.
(Management)
AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE INITIATIVE TAKEN BY
GUJARAT GOVERNMENT AND ROLE OF NON GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATIONS FOR PROMOTING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Ph.D. Scholar : Shah Khushbuben Lineshkumar
Research Supervisor : Dr. Abhishek K. Parikh

Regi. No.: 15146031005
Abstract :
The empowerment of women is an important precondition for the development of
humanity. In the last many years under proactive leadership, Gujarat Government has
taken a series of steps to further integrate women into the development journey of
Gujarat; politically, economically and socially. These initiatives have been taken up by the
state Government’s combined vision, innovation and effective implementation.

Women empowerment can be achieved through provision of adequate educational
facilities, political support, and effective legislation system and employment generation
for women. Here, NGO’S and the self-help groups (SHG) play a very pivotal role in women
empowerment by providing basic education, vocational training, training for self-
employment, legal aid, protection for women and self-awareness programs. Thus, they
are mainly concerned with the upliftment of the women in the society.
This study takes measures and finds the impact of initiatives taken by the Government of
Gujarat and NGOs for promoting women empowerment. The study also measures the
relationship between awareness of various Government Schemes for women
empowerment and use and Their effect on the quality-of-life of women. Data were and
collected from 1009 respondents from Gujarat. Multiple regressions, factor Analysis,
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the results.

The study provides information for women empowerment and their development in Rural
Gujarat. The study can help strategy and policy makers to design a better plan and
execute it to achieve women empowerment.

Key words: Awareness about Government Schemes, Non-Government Organization,
Women Empowerment, Factors affecting Women Empowerment, Economic
Empowerment, Social Empowerment, Educational Empowerment, Legal Empowerment,
Physical Empowerment.

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