In today's liberalised scenario, women form an indispensable
part of the Indian workforce. In such an environment, the
quality of women’s employment is very important and depends upon
several factors. The foremost being equal access to education
and other opportunities for skill development. This requires
empowerment of women as well as creation of awareness among them
about their legal rights and duties. In order to ensure this,
the Government of India has taken several steps. It has been
implementing many programmes which aim at providing access to
education and vocational training to women. The most important
being, the 'Womens Vocational Training Programme' launched under
the Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGE&T) in the
Ministry of Labour. The programme attempts to promote the women
employment in industry (mainly organised sector) as semi-
skilled, skilled and highly skilled workers by increasing their
participation in skill training facilities. Under this
programme, a separate 'Womens Train