ABSTRACT Women''s life in India and the world over are bounded by what can be termed as five ''Ps'' Patriarchy; Productive resources access inadequacy, Poverty, Promotion advancement insufficiency and Powerlessness". It is estimated that women do two-thirds of the world''s work. In replace they obtain only 10 percent of all the returns and own a mere one percent of the whole world''s income of production. It is a fact that the actual social grade and the genuine rank of political participation of women cannot be analyzed in isolation. On the converse it is interlinked with the socio-economic conditions, political environment and inequalities inherent in the customary social structure, its norms and values, customs and rituals. All these factors jointly centerline the actual social position of women. The pillars of democracy like liberty, equality, fraternity, justice etc. are well-built sufficient to maintain and protect the people from the challenges posed by man-made inequalities. Thus the study of the character and level of political participation and its resultant empowerment can be evaluated only on the basis of the availability of democratic values. Empowerment is not quality as achieving supremacy to govern others, but rather power to act with others to effect change. Political participation is a major element of empowerment. The present paper highlights the situation of women from the ancient time period to present time and also tries to show the improvements in their status and participation. This paper also makes some suggestion to increase the women’s participation in every facet of life.