Presence of Women as administrative leaders in Higher Education Institutions as an indicator of empowerment of women

Abstract

Higher education is a unique space in the sense that the women functioning in Higher education institutions belong to the highly educated class of people, who are also economically empowered. They also providing a model for empowerment of women through education and economic emancipation. This environment still holds a lot of challenges for women in managerial positions which are quasi administrative in nature. These positions include department heads, deans, committee chairpersons, administrative officers and vice chancellors. When we place these women in higher education workspaces, some of the fundamental issues like education and economic empowerment are resolved but new and unique challenges emerge alongside those that working women face in general.