A Study on Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment in Indian Railways

Abstract

Indian Railway- a name with which daily lives of crores of middle-class and low-class Indians are deeply involved, an industry that has eased up the lives of many at affordable price, and a very important tangible part of Indian Economy that flows throughout the country touching almost every corner- always. The women workers are the part of our Indian railways as well as Indian economy. This paper attempts to analyze the issues and challenges of Women Empowerment in Indian railways. Today the empowerment of women has become one of the most important concerns of 21st century especially Indian railways. Women empowerment it can also point to approaches regarding other trivialized genders in particular political or social contexts. The study is based on purely from secondary sources. The study reveals that women of India railways are relatively disempowered and they enjoy somewhat lower status than that of men in spite of many efforts undertaken by Government. The study concludes by an observation that access to facilities, percentage of female worker and analyses of railways committee report for the empowerment of women. Ranjith Kumar"A Study on Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment in Indian Railways" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-5 , August 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd15906.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/development-economics/15906/a-study-on-issues-and-challenges-of-women-empowerment-in-indian-railways/ranjith-kumar

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(2018). A Study on Issues and Challenges of Women Empowerment in Indian Railways. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 2(5), 649-652. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-389350