SECURED AND EQUAL WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IS CORNERSTONE OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with women mainly from the middle class increasingly entering the workforce. Urban centers like Delhi and Bangalore have seen an influx of young women from semi-urban and rural parts of the country and they live alone However, the story of economic empowerment for women is not a singular narrative; rather it is located in a complex set of caste, class, religious, and ethnic identities.