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Women empowerment has its relevance for the world more than ever before calling for collective efforts and actions to promote the spirits within women. There are many individuals who don’t feel confident about expressing their opinions simply because they are women and their voices are ignored.

The book reviews on a range of topics to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of women empowerment and wellness to support the fraternity of Gender equality by providing theoretical, methodological and empirical literature on women empowerment in various fields.

The volume is divided in three sections. The first one discusses sources and approaches giving priority to the gender equality facilitating women empowerment. The second section highlights recent approaches that supplement women with economic power—entrepreneurial skills and self-help groups. The third one explores women’s wellness including sexual health, asthe upliftment of women needs healthy family to bring a holistic development of the nation.

The book’s plot is woven with positive approaches that lead towards unleashing the power of women. It also prescribes suggestions as insights as researched by various experts, senior research scholars in respective fields.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Gender and Women Empowerment/Amita Dahiya. 2. Enforcement of Human Rights of Women Through Law: Problems and Perspectives/J.K.L. Sujata. 3. Life Skills Education for a Gender Just Society/Amruthraj R.M. 4. Technical Education and Women Empowerment in India:Challenges, Changes and Choices/Navaneeta Rath and Subhra Mishra. 5. Review on Strategic Concepts and Approaches on Gender Gap Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research/T. Poongodi Vijayakumar and S. Dhanalakshmi. 6. Skill Development Programmes—A Way Towards Empowering Women in Rural Areas: A Myth or Reality/Sharmistha Bhattacharjee and I. Balu. 7. Economic Status of Women Self-Help Groups: A Study of Vellore City/K.Gopikala, T. Gopinath and Sindhu K. K. 8. Empowerment of Women Through Self-Help Group:Selected Villages of Madurai District/Punithavathi V. and Dhoble A.S. 9. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs—Selected Areas of Coimbatore:A Study/T. Radha. 10. Kudumbasree in Kannur—Women Empowerment through SHG:A Success Story/Ashraf Pulikkamath and Priya T. 11. Stress among Women and its Coping Skills/Jyothula Luciana Sandhya Rani. 12. Obesity among Women: Prevalence and Causes/C. Priyalatha. 13. Debating Feminist Framework on Women Sexual Health and Indian Women Movement Experiences/Sudha. 14. Sexuality, Sexual Health and Women Wellness: Assessment of Sexual Health Issues of Women in Hyderabad City/Sudha.15. Women Construction Workers—Challenges and Problems Faced: A Study of Chennai City/G.P. Sudha. Index.