IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review

Anjana Bhattacharjee ¹, Sukriti Banda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Tripura, IN

Abstract

Women Empowerment refers to the creation of an environment for women where they can make decisions of their own for their own as well as for the society. If we believe that just being educated and having job, we are empowered, it is a myth. Even the educated and economically independent women are not always free from facing violence. Domestic violence is occurring frequently and often silently. Women are not able to protest or raise their voice due to fear of social rejection. Even in this era of modern communication and globalisation women are not allowed to take decision for their own life, they are not able to participate in the decision made by the male family members. Women often perceive themselves as incompetent and in capable than their male counterparts. In such a situation it is the high time for us to rethink and re-evaluate the reasons. Why women are lacking behind? Is it only due to lack of education, economic or political engagement or for something else? In search of exploring the answers, the present article is an attempt to highlight the importance psychological empowerment in overall development of women in understanding their sense of self and women empowerment in true sense.

Keywords

Women, Empowerment, Psychological Empowerment.

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Anjana Bhattacharjee ¹, Sukriti Banda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Tripura, IN

Abstract

Depression, the silent killer has become one of the alarming crises in today's fast paced society. Depression may occur due to existence of different psychological or physiological illness as well as it can get induced from the medications prescribed for those illnesses. Depression is commonly associated with HIV/AIDS. The main objective of the present study was to examine whether level of depression differs according to biological sex or not? Hence the present study was carried out among male (N=28) and female (N=39) HIV positive persons and all of them (N=67) were selected purposively from ART centre, G.B.P Hospital, Agartala, the capital of Tripura. All of them belonged to the age group of 14 to 60 years and data were collected from them through face to face interview technique. For data collection, Basic Information Schedule and Back Depression Inventory were used. The findings indicated no gender differences among the HIV infected persons in regard to their level of depression.

Keywords

Depression, HIV, Gender.

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