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PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT OF POLITICALLY EMPOWERED WOMEN LEADERS IN RURAL AREAS

Authors:
Dr. Namita Kumari Das

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Dr. Namita Kumari Das
Asst. Prof in Psychology, Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Dhenkanal, Odisha

MLA 8
Das, Dr. Namita Kumari. "PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT OF POLITICALLY EMPOWERED WOMEN LEADERS IN RURAL AREAS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 6, June 2021, pp. 1976-1985, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.024. Accessed June 2021.
APA 6
Das, D. (2021, June). PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT OF POLITICALLY EMPOWERED WOMEN LEADERS IN RURAL AREAS. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(6), 1976-1985. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.024
Chicago
Das, Dr. Namita Kumari. "PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT OF POLITICALLY EMPOWERED WOMEN LEADERS IN RURAL AREAS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 6 (June 2021), 1976-1985. Accessed June, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.024.

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Abstract:
The process of women's empowerment has five dimensions, such as cognitive, psychological, economic, political, and physical dimensions. The psychological dimension encompasses the belief that women can act at personal and community levels to improve their condition and the society in which they live. The political facet requires that women can analyse, organise, and mobilise for social change. The Government of India has taken many initiatives to empower women and provide them equal status with men. For the political empowerment of women, one of the major interventions taken by the government is to empower women through the Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs). The plan programmes and schemes implemented by the Panchayati Raj Department are poverty alleviation and employment generation programme, basic services programme, infrastructure developmental programme, capacity building programme, and various welfare schemes. The success of these welfare schemes depends widely on the skill and efficiency of sarapanchas who are the representative or leaders of rural people. The study intends to know the need and analyse the importance of psychological empowerment of rural women political representatives. The study attempts to develop a conceptual model or framework for the psychological empowerment of rural women political representatives (sarpanch).

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