Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Dr. Babita Verma, Shabnam and Dr. Preeti Singh

Abstract:
The status of woman in society is a significant indicator of the socio- economic development of a region. The important parameters regarding women, such as freedom of movement, involvement in family matters, her decisions considers in family living are chosen to ascertain the women empowerment in the present study. Structured interview schedule was followed to conduct the study. The study was focused with the main objective to identify age, education, occupation, type of family, material possession and their involvement in decision making related to family matters. For the present study Ayodhya district was selected purposively and further Milkipur block were again selected purposively due to convenience of the researcher. Total 102 respondents were selected from three randomly selected villages. 10% population was randomly selected from each village. The study shows the majority of respondents belong to middle age group and most of them were illiterate housewives. They had performed all her household chores with very limited support of equipment’s mostly with traditional methods. Women as the decision maker in rural community only serves as an adviser in family matters and it was found as male dominating criteria.