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Dr. Ambedkar is a great contributor of Indian Society. He made his contribution to the society on the path of liberty, equality and fraternity. His efforts put to break down the barriers in the way of advancement of women in India. This paper highlights the views and contribution of Dr. Ambedkar in women empowerment and relevancy of his views in present scenario. He emphasized in his writings and lecture that everybody should be treated equally irrespective of caste, creed, gender and religion. In the light of such view, he put due stress on the gender equity and exposed women’s problems. He spent his whole life for the betterment of women and downtrodden of society. He spreads awareness among poor and illiterate women and inspired them to fight against the unjust social practices like child marriage, Devdasi system of Indian society. He also worked for an adequate inclusion of women’s right in the political vocabulary and constitution of India. To meet such needs, he insisted on Hindu code bill and suggested the amendments in assembly and also insisted and evoked all the parliamentary members to support the bill in parliament. It is the results of his contributions and vision that today women are experiencing liberty, equality and justice in the life. As a result, women are equally sharing the role of contributor of all-round development in modern India. His contributions give women’s strength to fight against unlawful, unjust in the society and hope to have equality and dignified life in the society.