Status of Women in Manipur after Statehood

In Manipur, a small state of India on the North East bordering Myanmar, the women here were placed in high esteem and given the status symbol of Mother or “Ema”. Like in other parts of the world and India, women empowerment in this small state has fast emerged as a slogan and issue especially after its gaining of statehood in 1972. Empowerment of women recognizing their contribution, helping them to fight their fear, feeling out inadequacy and inferiority and promoting self respect and self dignity, to make them economically independent and self reliant, reducing the burden of work primarily, especially at the homefront. Women were on par with males in all areas of life during the Vedic era of Indian history, and they were the pinnacle of intellectual and spiritual achievement because they had access to learning. Women have a highly distinct role in many facets of culture, literature, economy and religion in this mountainous area of India's easternmost corner, in contrast to other South East Asian countries. Feminism was definitely present in traditional Manipuri culture, where women were encouraged to be economically independent and to contribute to the development of social and political collective energies. Maibam Donna Devi "Status of Women in Manipur after Statehood" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-9 | Issue-5 , October 2025, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd97460.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/97460/status-of-women-in-manipur-after-statehood/maibam-donna-devi