EmpowHer

Gender equality is, first and foremost, a human right. A woman is entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from acquiring what they want and what they aim to achieve in their lives. Empowering women is additionally an essential tool for advancing development and reducing poverty. Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. India’s female labor force participation rate is among the lowest in the world and has declined significantly over the last two decades, according to data from the International Labor Organization. This decline in Indian female labor force participation, despite rising incomes, robust economic growth, falling fertility rates and improvements in female literacy has been baffling. A new ICRIER study suggests that the main root cause beneath this worrying trend is patriarchy. The prevailing social norms and patriarchy hinders female participation in the economy despite their increasingly higher levels of education. So basically, women get their education and not being ‘allowed’ to work. Even the part of working women faces many inequalities such as differences in wages when compared to men, while they are expected to do the same or double the amount of work than men do. Hence, I need to be part of this social change by Empowering women where their financial independence plays a major role in improving and making their lives better. EMPOWHER mainly focuses to train and upskill women based on the fields they are interested in and then they get their ‘Employment’. Empowher is a mobile platform set up to remove barriers for women to get acquainted with your skills and job opportunities. Whether you are a student or job-seeker, you get help to create your identity from this portal.