The Obstacles of Women Empowerment in the Mountainous Range: A Case Study of Garhwal Himalayas | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

ABSTRACT

Women's empowerment has been recognised as a significant component of economic growth. It is the mechanism by which people have to make strategic life decisions to obtain that ability. The sustainable women empowerment has received a greater support in recent years from significant international bodies and women empowerment foundations. It has been supported by enhanced adoption of programmes aimed at boosting women's empowerment. According to the UN-SDGs, implementing reforms to provide gender equality, access to economic opportunities and rights to ownership is a critical goal that must be fulfilled to attain the empowerment. Several studies have shown that entrepreneurship initiatives assist women in becoming successful self-employed and thus economically and socially motivated. The main objective of the study is to address the obstacles faced by the women in the Garhwal mountainous range. The study focuses on the issues and challenges of women. It has been used the quantitative research methodology in this study. The empirical data gathered from the 100 female resident’s of Uttarkashi and Tehri Garhwal districts of Uttarakhand through a scheduled questionnaire. The data has been analysed through the SPSS software using statistical techniques.  The study revealed that the women are faced many problems. Many of them are suffered with the financial crisis and family problems which have burden them a lot. Apart from the financial matters, there is a lack of family support to the female residents of the hilly range. This study will be utilised to develop a strategy to cope up the hurdles of women empowerment and will create the tactical planning for the emancipation of women.