Women Empowerment with Special Reference to Higher Education and Employment in Khulna City

Purpose: This study has put a great effort to measure the empowerment status of women who are both higher educated and employed. Sampling and data collection: Data were collected form women employed in various organization like banks, educational institutions, NGOs and others for this study. Empowerment was measured based on economic freedom, household decision making, social & legal freedom and political freedom. A structured questionnaire using five-point likert scale was used to collect opinions from the respondents. A total 178 employed women were finally interviewed. Data analysis: The data were analyzed using t-test against population mean value. Descriptive statistical tools like mean value and standard deviation are also used to analyze the data. Finding: The results reveal that higher educated and employed women are empowered at some extent in dimensions like economic freedom, household decision making, social & legal freedom and political freedom.