Indicators for assessing women empowerment- A study

Women empowerment is able to control over material assets, intellectual resources and ideology in the society. It involves power to power with and power within among women. Empowerment involves ability to get what one wants and to influence others in the society. The present study concentrates to find various indicators for assessing women empowerment. The widely used indicators by the researchers in different Asian countries are decision making, purchasing capacity, control over credit, control over income and savings, education, health, spatial mobility, political awareness, matrimonial stability, management of household resources, involvement in community decision making, access to information training, political activities and attitudes are very important to assess women empowerment. Further these indicators are widely used in developing as well as developed countries for assessing women empowerment.