Empowerment through employment: Self-perception of employed women

Abstract

The study was conducted to enquire about the employed women’s self perception about empowerment due to employment in Sabour block in Bhagalpur district of Bihar by interviewing 100 married employed women from different government sectors. It revealed that majority of respondents had medium level of overall perception about empowerment (68.00 per cent). Under the first indicator i.e. perception about status change found that majority of respondents perceived that they had become more confident (Rank I, Mean =2.77), the second indicator of perception i.e. empowerment at workplace found that they get similar increment in the salary as that of their male counterpart (Rank I, Mean =2.72) and the third i.e. empowerment at community level perceived that they had got increased their recognition in the society due to employment (Rank I, Mean = 2.80). It shows that living condition of women has improved. Women are more organised, self confident and powerful. The fact which, has been revealed in the study is that women have been freed from the chain of their traditional in family.