The journey from unemployment or employment to self-employment is liberating in multiple ways for the Indian woman.

Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

The mandate of the Committee was massive, to assess the status of women in India in all aspects of their lives, keeping in mind the diversities (class, caste, religion, ethnicity, region, abilities, age groups etc.), complexities and paradoxes that prevail in our society.