empowerment of women is related to …

The empowered women should be able to participate in the process of decision making in social, economic life within and outside the home. The main finding is that employment having a positive impact on active participation in the decision making the process at the household level. So, the results show that overall 38.1 percent women have usually participated in household decisions, in the rural area 34.26 percent but urban area highly improved like 47.5 percent. It is also found that Muslim women are not a good contribution in household decisions compare to the Hindu women. Because of the Hindu women are highly engaged in employment compared to the Muslim women both rural and urban areas of West Bengal. So, the study for motivators is acting as catalyzed to the process of effective empowerment.