Avtk. A’nand Prabha’ A’c
The role of women in contributing to socio- economic development is immense. Women are the centre of family life whose role starts from bearing the child, fostering and making him or her a complete human, a social being. 
Their role in family integrity, social co-ordination, upkeeing the social values, advocacy against social injustice has paramount importance. Today their participation in the economic generation from household to the national levels has become so impressive and exclusive that their presence has been felt essential in almost all the sectors of the national and world economy. Women economic empowerment includes women’s ability to participate equally as men in existing markets, their access to and control over productive resources; access to decent work, control over their own time, lives and bodies; and increased voice and meaningful participation in economic decision- making at all levels from the household to the international institutions. For that it is essential to achieving women’s rights and gender equality. The participation of women in the socio- economic field can be understood categorically on factors like women as caregivers, mother’s, leaders, entrepreneurs and activists by the following points :
1) Education.
Increasing women’s and girls’ educational attainment contributes to women economic empowerment and more inclusive, environmentally sustainable economic growth. A growing consciousness to educate girls in different disciplines of education today is the glaring example of women’s empowerment. Proper education has helped them transcend the taboo on women being a housewife and can only bear children and look after daily chores of house. They are getting higher education with required proficiency and being placed on a higher hierarchy of administration. Education has helped them much in exploring their wisdom and insights to understand and judge the situations sometimes better than men.
2) Employment. 
It is said when more women work, economies grow. Women’s economic empowerment increases economic diversification and income equality for shared prosperity. It is estimated that closing the gender gap could give the global economy a $7 trillion boost. The participation in white- color jobs including educational institutions, banking, clerical, officers, engineering, social work, sales executives, administration, managerial, police and now defence personnel too. In most of the developed and developing countries of the world women have occupied almost 50% of jobs. In the service sector particularly the women’s presence is felt more essential than men as service providers like nurses, air hostesses, primary school teachers, bank clerks and managers etc. They constitute around 30% of the total workforce in the services sector. Women comprise 37% of all self- employed workers. In India, women comprise 48% of the agriculture workforce. They constitute around 20% of the manufacturing workforce.
3) Business. 
It is said that women’s economic equality is good for business. In business from home shops to the corporate companies, women today are handling the business successfully and thus contributing significantly to the home economy and to the corporate levels respectively. Companies greatly benefit from increasing employment and leadership opportunities for women which shows to increase organisational effectiveness and growth. It is estimated that companies with three or more women in senior management functions score higher in all dimensions of organisational performance. The present contribution of women to the national GDP is around 18%. They are working in different fields of economic generations as CEOs, Managers, Counselors, Administrative officers, Sales Executives, finance executives etc.
4) Rural Economy. 
In developing countries particularly, agriculture is the base of the economy. In the Indian rural economy women’s presence is the most significant. In India, women comprise 48% of the agriculture workforce. After attending the daily household chores, ladies also participate in farming and harvesting work. In the poor families ladies are working hard to earn money by cultivation, selling agriculture products, attending household shops, earning through daily wages etc. Women in cities work in offices and get salary to meet out the expenses of the family.
5) Nuclear Family System. The growing nuclear family system in India has marked the increasing number of jobs by ladies. The private companies and offices prefer to employ girls and ladies on less salary as compared to mention with more or less the same efficiency or work done as men. Unless they complete their education to obtain a considerable job they do not marry. Sometimes they face traditional taboos attached to Indian girls for not being married in stipulated time. But they want to take a job to become self-reliant and the parents support this cause. Women are, by nature, submissive. So the employers prefer them with their higher acumen and skills in some of their professions than men.
6) Women in fine Arts. 
Singing, dancing, painting, weaving, stitching, embroidery, handicrafts etc. are the natural wont of women to prefer to take up as their choicest professions to earn money. Most of them are household works. They need not unnecessarily go outside their houses. Normally their male partners get jobs for them and supply them to the clients made by the ladies. This way they give jobs to the poor ladies and train them to learn the finer techniques and later they may start their own business of choice. In this way these kinds of jobs create opportunities for those who are trained in the profession and in a way needy too.
7) Women in Social Work.
It is said women are the best counselors. Our society has not yet elevated to the level where there are less or no chances of crimes. From the developing societies to the developed ones, everywhere we found that there are growing cases of violence and crimes. The seeds of crimes grow in childhood and in the later stage of life it takes ugly form or they become criminals. Criminals are punished but they are being treated in such a way that they should leave their criminal nature. That is why, in almost all sensible governance of the world, criminals are treated to improve their criminal nature and no longer as criminals, living life-long inside the bar as punishment. They are being trained in different disciplines as to start meaningful life by involving themselves in some occupational pursuits being imparted to them inside the jail and live in society as respectable persons after the jail period is over. In this approach, the different primary methodologies of social work, that is, casework, group work and community service become essential as these are the problem solving standards and professional ways to solve the problems of individuals, groups and communities. The role of women is much more essential in dealing with the children as counselors. We have realised that the services provided by ladies fetch much more accurate results than men. India has been training lakhs of social work professionals every year in which the percentage of women stands almost 50%.
8) Care (Service) Sector It is a well known fact that ladies are working as home assistants mostly in families in towns and cities. Also we have realised that the number of crutches and day care institutions are growing fast in cities. Studies show that estimated 80% of domestic workers worldwide are women(Paid Care Workers). Closing existing Care Policy gaps and expanding care services with decent work could create almost 300 millions jobs by 2035 which would contribute to reducing gender inequalities in employment and yield significant economic and social returns. Around 70 to 90% of jobs created by investing in Care Infrastructure will benefit women. Studies show that investment in the Care Sector could create almost three times as many jobs as the same investment in construction and produce 30%less greenhouse gas emissions.
In all, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of UN suggests promoting women’s economic justice and rights in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work as keys to achieve sustainable goals.
Conclusion.
Thus, in the field of socio-economic regeneration we have been witnessing the increasing trends in the women’s participation which proves that women are being empowered successively and they are growing fast and proving their talents and skills in almost all the fields of economic generations exclusively. The Indian parliament has passed the Bill of 33% reservation to Indian women realising their role in active participation in the different fields of services. PROUT suggests equal opportunities to women as men in all the fields of services. So, the world community must feel to protect the cause and dignity of women as their essential partners in enhancing the collective wealth of the nations and the world.
Avtk. A’nand Prabha’ A’c
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