ROLE OF WOMEN IN ECONOMY AND DECISION MAKING: A SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GENDER JUSTICE

Abstract

The “role of women” in economy and decision-making is an essential component to judge the women development with special reference to Gender Justice. A women role in independent economy and her decision making powers defines a country’s development status in the global scenario. The contemporary society in India encourages the role of women in economy and decision making powers. In Indian society, women account for about 50 % of the population but they have inferior social, economic and decision-making authority than men. For millennia they have also been subjected towards the subjugation of a certain hierarchy either in masculine form or through the caste system. Women in a society as per customs and tradition expected to confine themselves to household environment. They are bound in roles like daughters, daughters-in-law, 2 sisters and mothers in a patriarchal society. They are traditionally considered as weaker sex compare to the men.