This paper aims at explaining the scope of using Distance Learning materials for women empowerment in the rural areas through enhancing literacy, business skill and social awareness. The paper also identifies possible barriers in using Distance Learning tools to enhance women literacy and business skill and recommends some possible corrective measures. In this case, the possibility of partnership with Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs), role of technologies has been verified. Experience of IOU’s (India Open University) Secondary School Certificate (SSC) programme and Open University project on entrepreneurship skill training for poverty alleviation to rural women in India have also been explained in the paper.