A Study on Economic Well Being of Women Through Self Help Groups

Women empowerment is a process in which women challenge the existing norms and culture, to effectively promote their well being. The participation of women in Self Help Groups (SHGs) made a significant impact on their empowerment both in social and economical aspects This study addresses women empowerment through self help groups in Dharmapuri district of Tamilnadu . The information required for the study has been collected from both the primary and secondary sources A multistage random sampling method has been followed. Average and percentage analysis was carried out to draw meaningful interpretation of the results. Garret ranking technique was used to find the reasons for joining the Self help group. Factor analysis was used to measure thedetermine the relationship between the observed variables The results of the study revealed that the SHGs have had greater impact on both economic and social aspects of the beneficiaries.

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The Impact of Self Help Groups on the Psychosocial Well-Being of Female Members in Ethiopia

International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology ◽

10.1007/s41042-020-00038-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Fagan ◽

Hannah Quinn-Gates ◽

Mengistie Rebsso ◽

Sam Cromie

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Self Help ◽

Self Help Groups ◽

The Impact

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Analyzing the Role of Micro-Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Women Empowerment and Development

10.4018/978-1-6684-2349-3.ch011 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 213-226

Author(s):

Veer P. Gangwar ◽

Shad Ahmad Khan

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Poverty Reduction ◽

Recent Decade ◽

Well Being ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Self Help ◽

Bottom Of Pyramid ◽

Self Help Groups

In India, societal development is a cynosure, and thus, it is not a truism but a reality. Women's entrepreneurship emerging through self-help groups (SHGs) contributes to the economic well-being, sustainability, and in poverty reduction. The growth of SHGs is evidence in itself. In the recent decade, micro enterprises and SHGs have come up as prominent solutions to the entrepreneurial crisis existing in the country, and their role in empowering women and their development needs to studied. This study uses a descriptive statistic, reliability, and correlation analysis through SPSS and structural equation modeling (SEM) as an analytical tool to explore linkages between empowerment effected by SHG and micro-entrepreneurship. The research study results show that the contributory role of women entrepreneurs to the society is considerably worth appreciation. The causal relationship has also surfaced demonstrating the connection between women empowerment and development brought about by SHG and micro-entrepreneurship from a bottom-of-pyramid perspective.

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Microfinance in Empowering Tribal Women

Journal of Land and Rural Studies ◽

10.1177/2321024917700938 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 97-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. N. Tripathy

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Field Studies ◽

Political Life ◽

Cultural Economic ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Tribal Women ◽

Self Help ◽

Self Help Groups ◽

Aggregate Population ◽

The Impact

Women constitute nearly half of the aggregate population in India; but bulks of them are not empowered to participate in socio-cultural, economic and political life. Most of the women are unskilled and, as such, economically and socially dependent on men which rigorously restrict their prospect for socio-economic empowerment. The assumption is that investments of microfinance in microenterprises, small business, transmitted through women self-help groups, surges women’s access to productive occupation and income, enable women to make a greater contribution to household income and thereby improve well-being for women. Based on field studies conducted in the most backward tribal-dominated villages of KBK districts of Odisha and supplemented by secondary sources of data, this study seeks to investigate the impact of microfinance as a strategy in alleviating poverty and empowering tribal women.

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