Status of women in Rajasthan :

According to the 2001 Census, 48 ??percent of the total population of 5 crore 65 lakh (about 2 crore 71 lakh) population is women. The population of women in Rajasthan is 5.46 percent of the country's female population. In 2001, the population has more than 1.20 million people in Rajasthan compared to the year 1991. In this period, the growth rate of women population was 29.34 and the growth rate in the male population was 28.01. Sex ratio in Rajasthan has been increased from 910 in 2001 to 922 female per 1000 males compared to 1991. Since 1901, the status of sex ratio has been as follows: - 

ratio in Rajasthan has been in favor of women in the year 2001. In fact, in the years 1951 and 2001, sex ratio was in favor of women since 1901. The ratio in rural areas has been better than urban areas. After the year 1961 there has been a decline in sex ratio in urban areas. 

Apart from this, sex ratio has decreased in 2001 compared to 1991 in less than 6 years of age. In 1991, where there were 916 girls in the age group of 6 years, there were 916 girls in 2001, and decreased in 2001 to 909 in 2001. 

As far as literacy is concerned, there has been a lot of progress in Rajasthan in the 1991-2001 decade. Literacy rate was 38.55 in 1991, which was 61.03 in 2001. The rate of female literacy increased from 20.44 percent in 1991 to more than double in 2001 ie 44.34 percent. In rural areas, this progress can be considered surprisingly. Where in 1991 the female literacy rate in rural areas was 9.2, it was in 37.74 in 2001. 

But only because of the increase in the rate of literacy, education can not be considered excessive in girls unless more girls get education through formal education. It has been seen that more than the boys, the girls leave school in the middle. Girls need to reduce drop-out rates. 

Through the 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendments in the Indian Constitution, more opportunities have been provided to women in Panchayat Raj institutions and local bodies. This will pave the way for empowerment for women. 

But with the view of Human Development Indicator, there is a great need for improvement in women's economic, social and health sector in Rajasthan. According to National Family Health Survey -3 (NFHS.3) in Rajasthan, the rate of anemia was 53.01 in 15 to 49 years of married women. Of which 17.9 women were severely afflicted with anemia. According to the same report, 36.7 percent of women were found suffering from chronic energy deficiency (CED). 20.2% of all women were influenced by both chronic energy deficiency (CED) and anemia. While this rate was 49% in the National Family Health Survey -2 (NFHS-2) In children (up to 3 years) the rate of anemia was recorded 82% in NFHS.2 whereas in NFHS.3 this rate was 79.06. NFHS in pregnant women of 15 to 49 years. According to 3 percent of anemia, 61.2 was found. The percentage of malnutrition in the women aged 15 to 49 years has been recorded at 33.6. This situation is serious due to the health of women, and this is the reason that the maternal mortality rate in Rajasthan has decreased even though 445 per 100,000 live births (SRS-2004) have been mentioned, but this rate is much higher than the national average. 

The rural population of Rajasthan is mainly are  cities oriented . In 1991, the percentage of rural population was 78.95 percent, which was reduced to 76.02 percent in 2001. This is indicative of the fact that due to the less income , the population of the population from rural areas is being run in urban areas. For this reason, women have to face many kinds of difficulties. They can usually be divided into two classes :- (1) Where women live with their families in the city, new social and economic conditions arise in front of them. Due to the compulsion to live in slums, they have to live in unhealthy environment. These conditions also affect the health of their health as well as the influence of cultural and social contradictions. (2) Secondly, if the woman lives in her village, then she has to do all the work (agricultural, animal husbandry, Family care) alone. 

Women in Rajasthan are suffering from many social and economic inequalities. Due to the large number of child marriages, girls of low age can not get full opportunities for development and education (according to National Public Health Organization (NFHS-3), 57.01 percent of girls in the age group of 20-24 years Marriage is done before the completion of the age of 18) It has adverse effects on girls' health due to pregnancy in adolescence. That is why the symptoms of anemia are found more in women. Women are mostly dependent on men for their livelihood. 

According to the National Family Health Survey-3, 46.03 percent of married women in Rajasthan experience persecution in the family situation. Domestically, malnourishment with women, oppression of women due to dowry, and sexual harassment are such situations, due to which women find themselves unable to live life normally.

Women Empowerment in state :

 The formation of Directorate of Women Empowerment separately in the budget announcement of 2007-08  gave immense support to women. In the compliance of this announcement, the division of Women and Child Development Department was formed separately from Directorate of Women's Empowerment on 18 June 07. The main objective behind the creation of this department is to promote and develop the individual, social, economic and income generating activities of women. Under the Directorate of Women's Empowerment, the implementation and supervision of all the schemes related to women development, which is operated at the state / district / block level for empowerment of women, is currently done. Efforts are being made by Directorate of Women's Empowerment to coordinate the schemes and policies of various departments to reach real benefits to women. Women's education, health, nutrition, family welfare,Employment and training and their social empowerment are the major areas of women empowerment. Under this, women are not considered as beneficiaries in the process of development as an essential partner so that the idea of ??a consolidated human approach can be realized. Programs / schemes related to women development can not be evaluated on a physical basis, the methodology of the program should be qualitative, in which it involves awakening the spirit of self-confidence and awareness in rural women, changing ideas and thinking.

Women's Development Program :

In the year 1984, women development program was started in seven districts of the State namely Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Bhilwara, Udaipur, Banswara and Kota, with the objective of overall development of women. With the success of the program and expansion of the program in view of trends in women, in different phases, this program is currently being run in all the districts of the state. Its main goal is to raise awareness of women's rights especially in rural areas and their schemes and policies of different departments.