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Mushtaq Ahmad, Uzma, Nayeem: Political and Legal Empowerment of Women in India with Special Reference to the Panchayati Raj System in the State of J&K ;Vol. XLIV (1) 2017 ;pp.77 - 102. Article (05).
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Political and Legal Empowerment of Women in India
with Special Reference to the Panchayati Raj System in the State of Jammu and
Kashmir[1]
Dr. Mushtaq
Ahmad[2]
Uzma Qadri[3]
Nayeem Ahmad Bhat[4]
ABSTRACT
Discrimination
against women or
inequalities between men
and women has
now become global
issue.. There are
no reliable estimates
of the extent
and magnitude of
women trafficking and
commercial sexual exploitation.women is
considered as a
liability because of its faulty
customs, traditions , lack of
education, financial instability
and the lack of
her own interest.In fact Government
had adopted such
policies which motivate
women to take part in every
social, economic and political task. To
understand rather to
improve the status
of women, she
herself should be
ready for up-gradation
of her position. Bringing women into politics through
reservation of seats in the Panchayat Raj institutions and providing
constitutional status was an act of
positive discrimination. And
these arealso the reasons behind popularity of women empowerment in the State
of Jammu & Kashmir. The data on political
participation of women is of immense use for planners and policy makers which
helps them to evolvebetter schemes and programmes. The quantitative data on
women participation is easy to measure in Jammu and Kashmir and has a long history ofrecording gender
statistics for political participation. The challenge is to measure the actual
participation of women and filter out the problem of proxy participation which
may be prevalent at the grass root level. Efforts are being undertaken todevise
measures which would give a truer picture of women's participation in local
level politics. This
paper traces the position of women in a historical perspective, reviews the
gender ideology behind the status of women and their politico-legal
empowerment. It also analyzes the political and legal status of women with
special emphasis on the Panchayati Raj System in vogue in India and J&K.
Key Words:Gender justice, Law, Panchayats, Women
empowerment, United Nations
[1] The
Present paper is the part of major research project titled “Political Empowerment of Women through
Panchayati Raj Institutions in Kashmir: Socio-Legal Dimensions”
sanctioned by UGC. The financial assistance received for undertaking this
project is acknowledged.
[2] Professor,
(Law) & Co-ordinator (Law) Directorate of Distance Education, University of
Kashmir and Principal Investigator UGC Major Research Project.
[3] Project Fellow UGC -MRP & Research Scholar, Department of Law, University
of Kashmir.
[4] Junior Research Fellow pursuing Ph.D., on
the topic ‘Empowerment of Women through Labour Welfare Legislations in the
State of J&K; Socio-Legal Dimensions.” under supervision of PI,
Department of Law, University of Kashmir.
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