Volume-XII, Issue-I, January 2026 |
Women’s Empowerment & The Constitution of India Dr. Brajagopal Roy, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Khalisani Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, West Bengal, India |
Received: 05.12.2025 | Accepted: 20.12.2025 | Published Online: 31.01.2026 | Page No: | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.01W.182 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
Women have been exploited for ages in Indian Androcentric Society. As India was under colonial rule for about two hundred years, Indians were not in a position to think independently about the way of keeping women away from exploitation. After Independence, the constituent assembly began to believe that women should enjoy equal rights as much as men. The Directive Principles of State Policy outline the humanitarian and socialist principles that compel the state to elevate the status of women to a prestigious level to achieve a genuine social revolution. These principles mandate that the state avoid the long-standing practice of discrimination between men and women, secure all citizens’ right to work, ensure equal wages for equal work, and make special arrangements, such as maternity relief, to provide women with a decent standard of living. The distinct empowerment of women, as reflected in the Indian Constitution, is a testament to the efforts made to uplift their status after Independence. However, due to a lack of acute social consciousness and proper education, this effort of the constitution remains far from achieving women’s empowerment at the grassroots level. Yet, with the rise of conscience, there is a hopeful potential for women to be empowered and create an enlightened society in the future. | ||
Keywords: Constitution, Androcentric, Equality, Gender, Patriarchal, Equality of sex |