Women Empowerment Through Self Help Groups: Realities And Challenges

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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Relevance of Self-Help Groups in Economic and Social Development of India

Global Business & Economics Anthology ◽

10.47341/gbea.21036 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vyomesh Pant

Keyword(s):

Social Development ◽

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Inclusive Development ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Self Help ◽

Development Goals ◽

Employment Generation ◽

Self Help Groups

In this paper, a model for development of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) has been presented in perspective of India to ensure the Economic and Social development of the country and addressing, simultaneously, some of the major challenges being faced by India. Adequate microfinancing to the SHGs and developing entrepreneurship among its members may help in achieving several targets like poverty alleviation, women empowerment, employment generation, homogeneous development etc. If planned properly, the SHGs can become an instrument for all round and all-inclusive development of India or any other similarly placed developing country. SHGs may also play an import role in the endeavour of India to become a five trillion economy, to achieve self-sustainability and to attain the Sustainable Development Goals.

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An Exploration of Stree Shakti Programme in Karnataka through Self-Help Groups: With Special Reference to Chitradurga District

Ushus - Journal of Business Management ◽

10.12725/ujbm.21.2 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 21-39

Author(s):

Kavitha S ◽

P Laxmana

Keyword(s):

Special Reference ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Huge Number ◽

Self Help ◽

Self Help Groups ◽

Self Help Group

For the Empowerment of women, government has come up with many schemes. Among those, Self Help Group (SHG) is found to be the strongest route. The purpose of the Programme is to endow women economically and socially by bringing them in self-help groups, and it spent corers of rupees at a time in the project taken up for the development of women and organizing women empowerment in such huge number.

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Microfinance through Self-Help Groups: Poverty Reduction and Women Empowerment

Gender Parity and Women Empowerment–Challenges and Way Forward ◽

10.9756/bp2018.1012/17 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 93-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sudhakara Reddy B.

Keyword(s):

Poverty Reduction ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Self Help ◽

Self Help Groups

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Exploring Dimension, Perceived Individual Tension and Capacity Building Measure of Women Empowerment in India

Asian Journal of Empirical Research ◽

10.18488/journal.1007/2019.9.5/1007.5.111.131 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 111-131

Author(s):

K. Gayathri Reddy ◽

Varsha P.S ◽

L.N Sudheendra Rao ◽

Amit Kumar

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Principal Component ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Self Help ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Different Dimensions ◽

Legal Technology ◽

Self Help Groups ◽

Individual Self ◽

Group Member

The objective of current study is to identify different dimensions of women empowerment, problems and challenges such as perceived tension of individual self -help group member in the process of women empowerment, and suggestions to improve women empowerment in the context of India. The 351 responses were collected via stratified random sampling from members of self -help groups, and an exploratory principal component analysis is undertaken to identify the number of components that underlie the women empowerment. Further, a confirmatory factor analysis is used to confirm the factors in the study. The findings indicate five broad dimensions (i.e. economic, political, social, legal, psychological), four different types of perceived individual tensions (i.e., economic, social, legal, technology-oriented learning), and four significant categories of capacity building measures (i.e. training on governance, technology-driven livelihood support, promoting networking, social justice & harmony) of women empowerment.

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Impact of Self-Help Groups, Capacity Building Measures and Perceived Tension on Women Empowerment- An Empirical Study

Asian Journal of Empirical Research ◽

10.18488/journal.1007/2019.9.3/1007.3.65.87 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 65-87

Author(s):

Varsha P.S ◽

Gayathri Reddy K ◽

Sudheendra Rao L.N ◽

Amit Kumar

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Educational Level ◽

Psychological Empowerment ◽

Deep Level ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Self Help ◽

Survey Responses ◽

Self Help Groups ◽

The Relationship

The current research seeks empirical insights into the women empowerment (WE) by focusing on the role of the self-help groups (SHG), capacity building (CB) measures and perceived individual tension (T). By applying multiple regression analysis on 351 survey responses in India, our findings suggest that WE emerges from two distinct attributes of the SHG members: surface-level (e.g., age, marital status, no. of children, income, whether spouse working, any other assistance) and deep-level (e.g., years of SHG membership, amount of loan availed, purpose of loan, educational level). Moreover, WE is a combination of five broad dimensions such as economic, political, social, legal and psychological empowerment. Further, a set of capacity building measures (i.e., training on governance, technology-driven livelihood support, promoting networking, social justice and harmony) helps to empower women. The study also explores four different categories of perceived individual tension (i.e., economic, social, legal, and technology-oriented learning) and their effects on WE. Finally, the perceived tension moderates the relationship between deep-level SHG attributes and WE.

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Micro Financing Regulation and Women Empowerment

Dev Sanskriti Interdisciplinary International Journal ◽

10.36018/dsiij.v4i0.41 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 18-31

Author(s):

SHOBHNA JEET

Keyword(s):

Women Empowerment ◽

Indian Government ◽

The Past ◽

Legal Provisions ◽

Self Help ◽

Development Goals ◽

Regulatory Aspect ◽

Recent Initiative ◽

Self Help Groups

India has achieved phenomenon economic growth in the past decade, but found lacking in the achievement of targets fixed under millennium development goals by 2015. These development goals have fully acknowledged the incredible role of women in the system, and prompted the policymakers to address the gender issues on every front be it economic, political and social. In this spirit, the empowerment of women has been well considered in the recent literature for making the present systems smoother. The recent initiative of Indian Government in the form of launching a “Women Bank” seems a remarkable step in the direction of women empowerment. However, it raises various questions related to the lending to women and women run businesses, supporting women self-help groups, financial inclusion, etc. There are various measures for women empowerment, but present study is an attempt to explore the existing credit facilities for women in particular through self-help groups. The study aims to highlight key legal provisions in this direction and tries to address the monitoring and regulatory aspect in particular, as the importance of financial regulations at macro level has been widely pronounced by the policymakers for stable financial system.

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