Need for Skill Development in Empowering Women: A Role of Skill India Mission

Abstract

This paper aims to assess and investigate the necessity of skill development and how it helps women become more powerful. Women are seen as an economic asset in every community and play an important role in their social, cultural, economic, and religious lifestyles. However, they continue to fall well short in many areas of life, including work, education, health, and economic empowerment, among others. Despite their diligence, they have little control over resources and economic activity. Therefore, in order to remove inequality, discrimination, and exploitation and to accomplish women’s overall growth in society, skill development is necessary to enable economic empowerment of women. Women have been excluded from the amazing advancement of humanity due to a lack of education and skill development. Skill development among women is the need of the hour so as to make them confident, self-reliant and to develop in them the ability to be a part of decision making. Women can live with dignity and independence if they are empowered via education and skill development. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been carrying out a number of programs to empower women via skill development. Through ten programs in skill development and entrepreneurship, the Skill India Mission seeks to empower women and boost their participation in the workforce.