Role of women empowerment in the economy of a country

Empowerment

Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their capacities. Employee Empowerment is giving employees responsibility and authority to make decisions regarding all aspects of product development or customer service.

Empowerment is probably the totality of the following or similar capabilities:

* Having decision-making power of their own
* Having access to information and resources for taking proper decision
* Having a range of options from which you can make choices (not just yes/no, either/or.)
* Ability to exercise assertiveness in collective decision making
* Having positive thinking on the ability to make change
* Ability to learn skills for improving one's personal or group power.
* Ability to change others’ perceptions by democratic means.
* Involving in the growth process and changes that is never ending and self-initiated
* Increasing one's positive self-image and overcoming stigma

Advantages can be:

* It enhances motivation;
* It increases employee commitment;
* It increases team spirit
* It frees the time of senior management and they can focus on more strategic decisions increased employee education and training;