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Secondly, in many areas, women lag behind, such as literacy rates, nutrition / health status etc. Women also form a strong component of the rural labor force, yet the wages paid to them is lower than that paid for men, though the output may be the same. Such kinds of discrimination needs to be countered both by enforcing the existing regulations and also by creating social awareness.

Secondly, in many areas, women lag behind, such as literacy rates, nutrition / health status etc. Women also form a strong component of the rural labor force, yet the wages paid to them is lower than that paid for men, though the output may be the same. Such kinds of discrimination needs to be countered both by enforcing the existing regulations and also by creating social awareness.

There are many programmes and schemes to promote womens empowerment and they need to be successful to enable women to play their rightful role in development.

There are many programmes and schemes to promote womens empowerment and they need to be successful to enable women to play their rightful role in development. The [http://mhrd.gov.in/mahila Mahila Samkhya] program of Government of India has its motto 'empowerment through education'. The program is also active in [http://www.mahilasamakhyakarnataka.org Karnataka].

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