Impact of Self Help Groups on Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Puri District, Odisha

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Tangible Assets ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are meant to empower women both socially and economically. They encourage women to participate in decision making in the household, community and local domestic sector and prepare rural women to take up leadership positions. This study examines the pre-SHG and post-SHG status of rural SHG members in Puri district of Odisha. On the basis of primary data analysis, the study finds that SHGs have not only produced tangible assets and improved the living conditions of the members, but has also helped in changing much of their social outlook and attitudes. In the study area, SHGs have served the cause of women empowerment, social solidarity and socio-economic betterment of the rural poor.

scholarly journals Women Empowerment: Analysis of the Role of Self Help Groups in Empowering Rural Women in Goa

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Joey Joey Henriques
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Self Help Group

Self Help Groups have emerged as an important mechanism to bring about socio-economic change in society. Various studies indicate the positive impact that SHGs have had on employment generation, savings, incomes, poverty alleviation and women empowerment. The present study, based on primary data sourced from women members of SHGs located in the state of Goa is an attempt to understand the impact of group membership on its members, particularly women. An attempt has also been made to throw light on the pivotal role that the Self Help Group Promoting Agencies essay in realising the goal of women empowerment. The study also analyses the independence that women exhibit in taking decisions, be it in the economic or political domain.

scholarly journals Investigation of Self-help Groups (SHGs) Effect on Rural Women Empowerment (Hamedan County, Iran)

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Homa Soroushmehr ◽  
Khalil Kalantari ◽  
Hossein Shabanali Fami ◽  
Valiollah Sarani
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

scholarly journals Women Empowerment through Self-help Groups (SHGs): Cases from Telangana State

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 324
Author(s):  
Shankar Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Bank Managers ◽  
Telangana State ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Almost All

<div><p><em>This article is based on field study carried out in June 2016 in Nizamabad District of Telangana where it was observed that rural women belonging to all categories of caste with primary education or even illiterate under the banner of self-help groups (SHGs) had been earning not only income but feeling empowered. Almost all were below poverty line (BPL) once upon a time and few during the course of study were also were BPL.  Regrading, empowerment, it was reported that almost all women were attending gram sabha meeting and sharing their views.  Even it was reported that all freely talk to bank managers, block officials and others. In this article few cases are presented based on field study. </em></p></div>

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Status of Rural Women of Self Help Groups: A Study of Dhaniakhali and Polba-Dadpur Blocks of Hooghly District, W.B.

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-173
Author(s):  
Saheli Kumar ◽  
◽  
Kaushalendra Prakash Goswami ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays Self-Help Group or SHG plays a vital role not only in social transformation and upliftment of rural women but also in social-economic betterment of them. The main objective of this paper is to examine the impact assessment in the socio-economic status of rural women through Self Help Groups with the help of a micro-level study of two C. D. blocks namely Dhaniakhali and Polba-Dadpur in Hooghly district. 40572 SHGs are consisting of 394897 members in 18 C. D. blocks of Hooghly district. Among the blocks, Daniakhali and Polba-Dadpur were selected for the study, of which 28 groups are chosen randomly. From these selected groups 108 members have been selected to conduct the primary survey. Personal interviews were conducted to find out the major purposes of the study i.e. to examine the role of SHG in developing the socio-economic status of rural women and to analyse the impact of SHGs in decision making. The study is mainly based on primary data and simple per cent calculation is used for analysing the data. The major analytical tool employed for the study is tabular analysis to facilitate easy interpretation. Map of the study area is prepared through ArcGIS 10.5 software. The present study explains a detailed socio-economic profile of the SHG members in the study area.

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency of Women Self Help Groups (SHG) Generating Poultry Activity in Amravati District of Maharashtra

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
K. D. Chopde ◽  
Mahesh M. Kadam
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Income Generating Activities ◽  
Self Help Groups

Women are a vital part of the Indian economy and employment to build their empowerment by the provision of loans and financial services is an important aspect of any economy. Rural women of India have been benefited by the Self Help Groups (SHG). The SHG can approach any bank for availing loan facility to undertake any suitable earning activity. The loan is repaid out of the profits earned. A study was carried out for the year 2016-2017 for Amravati division, 50 SHGs, which were engaged in selected agriculture, poultry-based activity. The objectives for the study were to analyze the technical efficient self-help groups and identify the possible determinant of technical efficiency of self-help groups; Primary data was collected with the help of personal interview of self-help groups. Those Self-help groups were selected for the study which has activity in existence of at least 10 years, In poultry SHGs the elasticity of a cost per borrower and subsidy variables were a positively significant contribution in the gross loan. Negative Marginal value productivity of assets, Loan per member and net returns are determined to know the contribution in the gross loan Among selected SHGs, the variations in technical efficiency was 0.7632-0.9966. The study concludes that it is necessary to increase the assets and borrow per member for SHGs income generating activities which will be the make the  SHGs members to increase the net income to refund, therefore assets, borrow per member and net returns are the possible determinant of the gross loan portfolio.  The amount needs to be fixed according to the income generating activities and borrow per member increases contribute more to their family income.

scholarly journals Role of Mother’s Group on Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Godawari Municipality, Lalitpur

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Susmita Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Self Help Groups

Mother’s Group is one of the basic groups for women empowerment. It has been functioning for women’s empowerment and social development. Mothers group has managed many skill development programs, income generating programs, literacy programs etc which helped them to make independent. Mother’s group, self-help groups (SHG) and community-based organizations (CBO) play a vital role towards women empowerment by providing vocational trainings, training for self-employment, protection for women and self-awareness programs. Thus, they are mainly concerned with the upliftment of the women in the society. Empowerment of women has been a topic discussed at length in recent times and many strategies have been implemented to address enhance women’s condition. This paper seeks to explore some measure that should be adopted in order to position rural women as equal players in entrepreneurship and economic development. This paper discusses upon the empowerment of rural women by means of self-help group or mother’s group and the advantages of such groups among the rural women.

scholarly journals Self-Help Group of Rural Assam and Its Role in Women Empowerment

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Polee Saikia
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Equal Right ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Self Help Group ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

<div><p><em>Women empowerment is a universal issue. Women empowerment refers to the creation of an environment for women where they can make decisions of their own for their personal benefits as well as for the society. It refers to increasing and improving the social, economic, political and legal strength of the women, to ensure equal right to women and to make them confident enough to claim their rights. The overall development of the nation remains as a paradox until and unless the women got empowered. The under privileged rural women are still far from empowerment. Unemployment, illiteracy and low social recognition made them so. Presently the self-help groups that mushrooming in different corners of rural Assam have been creating opportunities for women to be empowered. Here in this study an attempt has been made to study whether the rural women got scope to get empowered by getting engagement in self-help groups. 40 women from 04 self-help groups, 13 literate and 27 illiterate women were taken as sample for the study. To collect first hand data self structured questionnaire and self structured interview schedule were prepared by the investigators. Percentage was used to analyze data.</em></p></div>

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