Empowerment of women and Entrepreneurship – A sociological study in Duliajan town of Assam

Empowerment of women is essentially the process of upliftment of economic, social and political status of women, It involves the building up of a society where in women can breathe without the fear of oppression, exploitation, apprehension, discrimination which goes with being a woman in a traditionally male dominated structure. The role of women as entrepreneurial activities is gradually increasing not only Assam but also all over the world. Women entrepreneurship development is the instrument of women empowerment. This paper is an attempt to examine whether the women become empower through entrepreneurship. In this context, the socio-economic status of the women entrepreneurs has been observed and analyzed. In this work investigated the phenomenon by using interview and observation techniques at Duliajan town of Assam. The study reveals that women entrepreneurs are engaged in different types of entrepreneurial activities and they successfully improve their socio-economic status through entrepreneurship activities. Even women entrepreneurs believe that they have equal rights, privilege and responsibility with their male counterpart.