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Factors Influencing Women Empowerment among Kurumba Tribes In Niligiris District


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1 Research Scholar, Department of History, Government Arts College Udhagamandalam - 643002, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Empowerment of women substantially improves the status of the family and contributes to the growth of the community. In tribal villages there are still places where women are not treated equally to men. As a result, women suffer from poor education, health status and economic growth. Factors such as social, economical, education, political, technology, cultural contributes to empowerment of women. In this paper, factors such as economic, social, demographic and their impact on women empowerment among Kurumba tribes is studied. The better knowledge and understanding of key factors and their role in women development helps to identify women empowerment levels among Kurumba tribes.

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Economical Empowerment, Kurumba Tribes, Social Empowerment, Women Development, Women Empowerment.
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D. Kasturi
Research Scholar, Department of History, Government Arts College Udhagamandalam - 643002, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Empowerment of women substantially improves the status of the family and contributes to the growth of the community. In tribal villages there are still places where women are not treated equally to men. As a result, women suffer from poor education, health status and economic growth. Factors such as social, economical, education, political, technology, cultural contributes to empowerment of women. In this paper, factors such as economic, social, demographic and their impact on women empowerment among Kurumba tribes is studied. The better knowledge and understanding of key factors and their role in women development helps to identify women empowerment levels among Kurumba tribes.

Keywords


Economical Empowerment, Kurumba Tribes, Social Empowerment, Women Development, Women Empowerment.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh%2F2019%2Fv6i2%2F190582