Women Empowerment: An Estimation by Creating a Power Index to Gauge the Social, Political and Economic Empowerment in Rural Punjab

Since time immemorial it has been considered that man and women are two wheels of a cart and both should be given equal opportunities and equal status in all spheres of the life. But when it comes to deliver the things advocated earlier, there arise certain prejudices which always tilt the power in the hands of men and women were cornered. The story persists even today despite fast growth and development of the nation as majority of women are still one of the most vulnerable and deprived section of the society. In this study women of Self Help Groups have taken into consideration on the basis of convenient sampling. Here in this paper it has been emphasized through women's participation in political, economic and social activities and simultaneously constructing a power index for women showing women empowerment in quantitative terms.