Empowering or Empowered: Myths and Facts about Women in Haryana

Abstract

Haryana has been of the switly growing state of India and to a large extent, a state which has already itself in diffent fields of development. Any parameter applied on the evaluation of progress may come up in glorious term. However, the present paper meticuloyusly eexlores the status of women in the backdrop of political activism in Haryana. Of course, many laws have been brought in to strengthen theri status by ensuring their roles in various slots in the field of politics. Many amnededment has been made in legislation by the cenral goverments from time to time and the state governments have also acted upon the suggestions forwarded by various agencies and societies by which they are in better position now. However, the other side of the story is that, thsese laws and amendements proved no more than set of rules existing on papers only. Hence, the paper deliberately takes into account both of these version and attempts to reach at a rational and lotocal conclusion.