Financial empowerment makes women more concerned about their participation in decision making A total of 1,387 working women from Mumbai were interviewed to analyse aspects like control over finance, household decisions and freedom of movement.

Zeeshan Shaikh reports: Women’s participation in the decision making process and their autonomy are equally important components of women empowerment, along with access to resources. A study was published in the International Journal of Science and Research to analyse the decision making powers of working women within the family.

Women claim more autonomy on husband’s income in joint families. The reason for this could be that other family members, such as in-laws, too stake claim to this income in joint families. On the other hand, women in nuclear families do not have this fear.
Dimensions-of Womens Autonomy and Family Influence