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The main objective of this study provides a strategy for women's empowerment for rural development. This book critically examines the transformation of this dialogue over the time and it is implication in the improvement of the lives of rural men and women. The theoretical arguments for the necessity of introducing gender development strategies in order to improve the specific needs of rural women who are marginalized due to the magnitude of patriarchal dominations in the development administration has been file-tested in two sample locations where gender neutral and gender specific development project have been implemented in Sri Lanka. Empowerment can enable women to participate, as equal citizens, in the economic, political and social sustainable development of the rural communities. The findings outlined in this paper suggest that designed and implemented ways that meet rural women's diverse need, community participation processes can be important to facilitating social, technological, political and Asychological empowerment in terms of rural development. The finding of this investigation can assist rural developers in the implementation of community development strategies based on women's empowerment

Entrepreneurship is the core of economic development. It is a multi- dimensional task and essentially creative activity. Entrepreneur is key factor of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship has been a male-dominated phenomenon from the very early age but time has changed the situation and brought women as today's most memorable and inspirational entrepreneurs. The position and status of women in any society is an index of its civilization and progress. Women are equally competent in running business but still lacks behind in spite of women empowerment movement in our country, there are social, cultural and economic hurdles in the way of women entrepreneurship and the major problem is lack of entrepreneurial environment. In spite of having the potential and talent, women are deprived of opportunities, information and education. The paper talks about the status of women entrepreneurs and also analyze the factors which motivates women to start their own venture and the problems faced by them when they ventured out to carve their own niche in the competitive world of business environment. An attempt is made to understand the role of government to accelerate the growth of women entrepreneurship.

Today we live in a world of sharp contrasts. There has been great progress in human life style and economic development. At the same time, deep-rooted social and political imbalances continue to constrain opportunities for many of the world's poor and marginalised, especially women. Women constitute nearly half of the population of the world. But, in spite of this fact they have never received requisite attention, rather many a time they have been neglected. Indian society is a multilingual, multicultural society subdivided by remarkable caste, creed and gender differences. In the chequred social system in India, women not only find themselves in variegated positions - both favourable and unfavourable but have to cope with the different social norms and traditions that have been framed through the ages. The empowerment of women is an essential precondition for the elimination of world poverty and the upholding of human rights. This concept is accompanied with, freedom, self-determination and power, which are necessary for the women all over the world. Since education and employment are key factors in empowerment of women in most of the societies, there is much theoretical and practical studies that stress educational and employment opportunities as critical means for women to attain control over their lives. But this does not realise in practical sense. Empowerment of working women has a positive impact on families as an income earner, a facilitator and a care taker of the children and other members of the family and also for the growth and development of the children of the schools. From gender equality perspective, empowering have a sustained impact on gender relations in the community and in society, at large. This paper is an attempt to quantify women empowerment with the help of a balanced empowerment strategy score.