01023pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002000040245007200060260000900132300001500141362001100156520058500167650002600752650000600778650001800784700001700802773003400819180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKishore, Sunita  aWomen's empowerment in India and its status: evidence from the NFHS  c2004  ap.694-712.  a14 Feb  aThis paper uses data from the NFHS-2 to document women's empowerment as a whole and in each of 26 states with 1999 boundaries. In general, it finds that the average woman in India is disempowered absolutely as well as relative to men, and there has been little change in her empowerment over time. this result is obvious no matter how empowerment is measured, be it in terms of the indicators of the evidence, sources or setting for empowerment. However, there is great variation in the level of women's empowerment across the different states and across indicators. - Reproduced.  aWomens status - India  a   aWomens status  aGupta, Kamla  aEconomic and Political Weekly