Subject(s): Urban women in Political activity in India in Congresses. -- Urban women in Government policy in India in Congresses. -- Municipal government in India in Congresses. -- Empowerment of women in urban India, women in decision making, need to empower women to end discrimination, participation and empowerment of women, women empowerment in India emerging leadership in urban UP, political empowerment of women in urban local bodies and 74th constitution amendment- dispelling doubts and devising future strategies, women in local government, role of women in urban governance, do women have efficiency to run urban administration, study of political aspects of women empowerment in India -- Gender paradigm in local governance, empowerment of women- gender justice, women empowerment in urban governance, women empowerment- retrospect and prospect, political empowerment of women, dynamics of empowering women in urban development, empowering women through reservation in urban local bodies- difference between theory and practice, empowerment of women in urban administration in MP, empowerment of female scavengers- liberation from social occupation bondage, urbanization and demographic bottlenecks in UP, women empowerment in urban administration- role of NGOs, role of women in natural disaster management, women empowerment- case study of urban council in Orissa, empowerment of women national policy 2001, Maharashtra government's policy for women 1994 -- women empowerment