Authors : Dr. Meghali M. Joharapurkar
Page Nos : 341-344
Description :
Women’s empowerment is deemed important as an end in itself from a social justice and equality perspective as well as a necessary means to achieve development goals such as poverty reduction and investments in human capital such as nutrition, health, and education. Nutrition and women empowerment are interdependent and intertwined. Undernourished women cannot contribute to their fullest to the existing workforce dominated by their male counterparts. On the other hand, a woman unaware and unpowered would undermine the importance of nutrition for her sustained well being and growth. Women’s empowerment is considered crucial for improving nutrition outcomes. Malnutrition is a key barrier to women and girls’ empowerment. Hence, a need was felt to formulate policies, which aims for a better nutritional level among women to achieve the ultimate goal of women empowerment and the development of society as a whole. When women’s move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the nation moves. The present paper is attempt to understand the interplay of nutrition among women and women empowerment in our country and the measures and policies taken by the Government to overcome these challenges.
