The process of empowerment is multi-dimensional and it enables women to realize their full destiny and powers in all sphere of life. A women’s empowerment begins with consciousness-perceptions about herself and her rights, her capabilities and her potentials, awareness of how gender and socio-culture and political force affect her. In the present study an attempt has been made to assess the empowerment of women participating in the panchayats of Arunachal Pradesh with the help of certain questionnaire, especially design to assess that are they really empowered or not?.