Question

Debate on ' Women empowerment is reality '

Answer 1

The Government of India had ushered in the new millennium by declaring the year 2001 as 'Women's Empowerment Year' to focus on a vision 'where women are equal partners like men'. The most familiar account of 'women's empowerment' is the capability to apply full control over one's actions. The last decades have witnessed some major changes in the status and role of women in our society and nation. There has been a shift in policy approaches from the concept of 'welfare' in the seventies to 'development' in the eighties and now it is to 'empowerment' in the nineties.

Live examples to support such changes are:

• Indra Nooyi: CFO & President of PepsiCo
• Naina Lal Kidwai: Country Head, HSBC India
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: Owner, Biocon India
• Indu Jain: Chairman, Times Group
• Priya Paul: Chairperson, Apeejay Park Hotels
• Simone Tata: Chairperson, Lakme
• Neelam Dhawan: Managing Director, Microsoft India
• Meera Sanyal: Banking and Finance.
• Ekta Kapoor: Film and Television.
• Permeshwari Godrej: Industry, Fashion and Publication.
• Meenakshi Lekhi: Legal.
• Shyama Chona: Education.
• Shobha Dey: Novelist, Journalist, Columnist.
• Indu Jain: Print Media.
• Sushma Swaraj.
So the list goes on….