Women under the Pains of Poverty: A Social Danger for Child Health and Development

Abstract

Nowadays much emphasis has been given to the empowerment of women both in and outside India. Since half of the world population is women so they should get equal status along with men. It is encouraging that together with the government, NGOs, many social activists and elite group have come forward to take a positive attitude towards the empowerment of women. It is well known that women play vital role in the development of family and by this way they contribute to the development of the country. So the women should be empowered for the all round development of the society. But in India majority of the rural women are economically weak. Though the Government of India has undertaken various schemes for the elevation of poverty of the rural women, but unfortunately not all but some of the rural women have got benefited from these schemes.