Vocational Skill Development Imperative for Women Empowerment in India

Abstract

This study focuses on identifying inherent skills in women and the need for women to develop vocational skills. Awareness of various government schemes and the benefits of being a skilled woman is highlighted. An empirical study has been made to collect information and statistical data. A strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analysis is carried out. The findings are promising. Skill development teaches women about power from within, decision-making power, control over financial, physical, and knowledge-based assets, and power with ability. Homemakers will soon become breadwinners, and vice versa, depending on suitability and necessity. These days are not far. A skill-armed woman is a home to a self-sustaining life. Equipping women with employable vocational skills in India can certainly lead to an “equal skill, equal pay” scenario.