Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:

In the last 50 years, the concept of women empowerment has undergone a sea change from welfare oriented to equity approach. It has been understood as the process by which the powerless gain greater control over the circumstances of their lives. However, empowerment practically includes control over resources and ideology. It leads to a growing intrinsic capability, greater self-confidence, and an inner transformation of one’s consciousness that enables one to overcome external barrier. This view mainly emphasizes on two significant aspects. First and foremost, it is a power to achieve desired goals but not a power over others. Secondly, idea of empowerment is more applicable to those who are powerless irrespective of their gender, class, and caste. Though the concept of empowerment is not specific to women, yet it is unique and it cuts across all types of class and caste and also within families and households. Women empowerment is also defined as a change in the context of a women’s life, which enables their increased capacity for leading a fulfilling human life. It gets reflected both in external qualities such as health, mobility, education, awareness, status in family, participation in decision making, at the level of material security and in internal qualities i.e. self-awareness and self-confidence.

Question-5

Women empowerment leads to

Both 2 & 3

Ans-4