New Horizons: Women's Identity in the Changing Landscape of Modernity

This paper examines the evolving dimensions of women?s identity within the dynamic and contested framework of modernity, highlighting how historical, cultural, and structural transformations have reshaped notions of individuality and empowerment. Drawing on feminist theory, modernist literature, and historical exemplars, it traces women?s trajectories from constrained domestic roles to agents of social, political, and cultural change. The study highlights the impact of feminist movements, education, professional opportunities, and digital technologies in facilitating self-realisation and collective agency, while critically addressing persistent systemic barriers, including gender bias, pay inequity, and underrepresentation. Through the analysis of literary narratives, historical figures, and contemporary leaders, the paper illuminates the inherent tensions of modernity between liberation and constraint, autonomy and societal expectations. It argues that women?s individuality today is increasingly assertive and unapologetic, forged through resilience, agency, and collective advocacy, signalling a future in which diversity, leadership, and self-determination are central to social progress.