Role of Rural Women in the Development of Haryana: An Analysis

Abstract

 

Indian women, and rural women in particular, play many social and economic roles inside as well Rural women have many roles, and they have responsibilities and knowledge that differ from those of men. As farmers, they plant, weed and harvest food crops and tend livestock. As caretakers, they look after children and relatives, prepare meals and manage the home. Many women earn extra income by working as wage labourers, producing and selling vegetables, or engaging in small-scale trading and enterprises. as outside the home, but their contribution does not receive due recognition.

Rural women play a key role in supporting their households and communities in achieving food and nutrition security, generating income, and improving rural livelihoods and overall well- being. They contribute to agriculture and rural enterprises and fuel local and global economies. As such, they are active players in achieving the MDGs. Yet, every day, around the world, rural women and girls face persistent structural constraints that prevent them from fully enjoying their human rights and hamper their efforts to improve their lives as well as those of others around them.

The paper examines the participation of rural women in home and farm activities in the state of Haryana, India. It indicates the invisibility of the majority of women, who act as unpaid workers on the family farm. The research tool and method used in this study is descriptive in nature and the technique applied is Content analysis. Thus finally in the current study an attempt is made to suggest some measures and implications that may help in relegating constraints and problems faced by rural women in development process and poverty alleviation.