Contents: Preface. 1. National policy for the empowerment of women 2001. 2. Empowerment of women: a social process/Indu Grover. 3. Measuring gender empowerment/Deepak Grover. 4. Empowerment and entrepreneurial development of women through financial institutions/Seema, Indu Grover and B.S. Panghal. 5. Empowering women through financial assistance schemes: impact analysis/Tripta and Sushma Kaushik. 6. Women empowerment in dairy cooperatives/Bhim Shankar Manubansh. 7. Empowerment among women farmers of North India/Indu Grover. 8. Political empowerment of women Panchayat members: study from Haryana/Deepti Agarwal, Indu Grover and Deepak Grover. 9. Perception of three generation of voters and Panchayat members towards political empowerment of women/Updesh Yadav, Indu Grover and Deepak Grover. 10. Empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions in Haryana/Deepti Agarwal and Indu Grover. 11. Empowerment of poor women through developmental programmes for mother and girl child/Anupama Bishnoi, Manju Dahiya, Indu Grover and Deepak Grover. 12. Technological empowerment of rural women through time and energy saving household technologies/Indu Grover, Tej Verma and Deepak Grover. 13. Empowerment of rural women through Krishi Vigyan Kendras: an analysis/Jayanti and Sudershan Mehta. 14. Information empowerment through print media on women’s issues/Sushila Sangwan and Sudershan Mehta. 15. Youth empowerment on legal issues/Urmila and Lali Yadav. 16. Inter-gender managerial effectiveness and empowerment of administrators in Haryana/Yogita Sharma, Nishi Sethi and Deepak Grover. 17. Restructuring home science education for empowerment of women/Indu Grover and Patrica Goldey. 18. Haryana Commission for women: empowerment efforts/Preety Chawla. Subject index.

"The book on, empowerment of women has eighteen chapters. It begins with an extract of speach of P.M. on launch of women empowerment year on January, 4, 2001. This is followed by the National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001, and a chapter each on the empowerment of women a social process and measuring gender empowerment. The chapters IV to XII are based on individual research studies and cover aspects of empowering women through financial assistance schemes, empowerment of women farmers, empowerment and entrepreneurial development of women through financial institutions, perception of three generation of voters and Panchayat members towards political empowerment of women, empowerment of women sarpanches and panches, women empowerment in dairy sector, empowerment of poor women through developmental programme, KVK’s and rural women empowerment, information empowerment through print media, youth empowerment on legal issues, inter gender managerial effectiveness and empowerment of administrations while the remaining two chapters cover restructuring of Home Science education for empowerment of women and role of Harayana Commission for women in empowering women." (jacket)