WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL AREA

The gender empowerment measure (GEM) on the other hand, measures the extent to which a woman has influence in decision making, in politics, in professional life and in organizations. The GEM has been used widely in advocating the empowerment of women. The HDR takes into account some aspects of female empowerment (i.e. economic participation political participation and power over the economic resources) and to an extent it explains the degree of their empowerment. However there are various other aspects also that decide the level of empowerment. Though a woman is literate and working, she may not be empowered as regards domestic decision making financial autonomy (i.e. control over the resources) mobility or freedom of movement child related issues (e.g. well-being schooling, health, marriage etc.) and participation in the modern sector.