This research paper attempts to analyse the status of women’s empowerment in India and highlights the economic and social empowerment of women in the COVID-19 pandemic. With women in the centre, the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting health, social and economic health around the world. Most importantly, women are responsible for their health: Women make up about 70% of health care jobs and are at higher risk for infection. At the same time, women are more burdened at home due to the closure of schools and kindergartens and gender inequality in unpaid work. Women are also at greater risk of losing their jobs and incomes and increasing their risk of violence, exploitation, abuse or harassment during quarantine. Policy responses must be swift and responsive to women’s concerns. Governments should consider emergency measures to assist parents in carrying out work and care responsibilities, strengthen and increase income support measures, increase support for small and self-employed businesses, and assist affected women. According to the basic measures, all policy responses to the crisis should reflect gender lenses and take into account the needs of the individual, the responsibilities and the views of women. This study shows that Indian women are generally backward and in a much lower position than men, regardless of whether the government supports them. This shows that women are still being accepted by the public for playing gender unjust roles. This study concludes with the theory that changes in education, employment, and social structures are the only components of women’s empowerment in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, Women’s Empowerment, Social and Economic, Risk of Violence.