This paper emphasizes on the opportunities and challenges of women empowerment in India. Women empowerment means emancipation of women from the vicious grips of social, economical, political, caste and gender based discrimination. We can analyze their conditions through a number of parameters like their involvement in household decision making right, freedom of thought, financial authority, gender equality, political participation, media exposure, access to education etc. It is noticed that still gender inequality is a serious concern and is prevailing dominantly in our society. Though with the changing scenario the conditions of women have also changed moving ahead from the four boundaries of the house to the working environment. But till a lot has to be done to educate and uplift their condition in the society. In this paper we have focused on the secondary source of data. The study also throws light on the initiatives and efforts taken by the government for the same. We have also focused on the measures that shall be taken and are taken to uplift their condition.

Keywords: Women Empowerment, Gender Discrimination, Education, Socio- Economic Status.