The changing status of women is directly linked to the social development of the society. The state has achieved rapid growth in social and economic indicators, even after that there exist disparities in status of women. Disparities in social status of women are a matter of deep shame and cause of great concern. The position of women in Haryana is no better than their counter parts in rest of the country. The declining sex ratio is a matter of great concern as it will lead to serious demographic imbalance and adverse social consequences in near future. In the state unequal share of power and benefits indicated the disparities in sex ratio, literacy rate and labour work participation in favour of male relative to female. The present paper examine the inter district regional disparities in sex ratio, literacy rate and female work participation and programmes launched by the government to improve the sex ratio, literacy rate and for women empowerment in Haryana. The result of the study indicated that there are large disparities showed in sex ratio, literacy rate and work participation compression to male in Haryana. High level of literacy and educational achievement leads to equal status of male and female and this make the women economic empowered. The state government has been implementing various schemes for the socio-economic advancement and development of women in the state to eliminate all types of discrimination against women and the girl child and ensure empowerment and gender justice for them.
Disparities, Decline Sex Ratio, Literacy, Work Participation, Empowerment, Programmes
