An analysis of women empowerment in South India with Selected Indicators

This paper is an attempt to examine the status of women empowerment in South India with selected direct and indirect indicators. National Family Health Survey round 3 data of 2005–06 was used for the analysis. Major indicators addressed in this paper are employment, education, ownership of wealth under indirect indicators and decision making and access and control over income as direct indicators. The study reveals that all the four South Indian States need to do a lot more to achieve the goal of women empowerment (autonomy).