Pat–Muga Industry as a Source of Women Empowerment in Rural Areas of Kamrup District of Assam

Preeti Chakravartty

Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2015

Pat–Muga Industry as a Source of Women Empowerment in Rural Areas of Kamrup District of Assam

Preeti Chakravartty

Abstract :

Women Empowerment refers to increasing the economic, political, social, educational, gender or spiritual strength of women. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities. Here, an attempt has been made to analyse the nature of women empowerment through Pat–Muga industry. Pat–Muga industry is one of the oldest weaving industries in Assam. Females known as born weaver in North–East India. The paper is mainly based on to discuss the employment opportunities of women in Pat–Muga silk sector, present market situation and will discuss the various problems faced by the women this industry. The paper is an empirical study made in Sualkuchi village of Assam, based on both Primary and Secondary data collection.