The challenge for women living in rural India is more severe as compared to their urban counterparts. In rural societies, gender discrimination reduces economic opportunities for girls and young women. Deprivation and bias, cultural norms force many girls from poor families into early marriage and childbearing, where they are extremely vulnerable to HIV, sexual violence, and physical exploitation. The burdens of domestic tasks are added. Impoverishment compels several young women to hunt employment within the formal sector, wherever they notice themselves restricted to low-skilled jobs with negligible financial gain potential, long hours and unequal power relations that always cause exploitation. Opportunities for girls in rural areas are restricted, because of restricted mobility and access to education. One stop solution for all these types of problems for rural women is empowering through skill and entrepreneurship will provide a perfect reply. The present study is descriptive in nature and primarily based on secondary sources of data, it studies the concept of women empowerment and entrepreneurship, present conditions of rural women in India, the government initiatives for empowering rural women, and given suitable suggestions to improve the conditions of rural women. In a nutshell, women have the capability to accelerate the economic growth of the country, if their participation in the workplace is increased.
Entrepreneurship. Rural development, Skill, Women empowerment
