A Case Study on Empowerment of Rural Women through Micro Entrepreneurship Development

Abstract

Empowerment of rural women has emerged as an important issue in today. The economic empowerment of rural women is being regarded these days as a very popular sign of progress for a country, hence the issue of economic empowerment of women is a paramount importance to the Economists, Political thinkers, Social scientists and economic reformers. Self Help Groups (SHGs) have smoothened the way for economic independence for rural women. The members of Self Help Groups are involved in Micro Entrepreneurship. Through that Rural Women are becoming economically independent and providing employment opportunities to others in the nation. Basically, this article deals with empowerment of rural women through micro entrepreneurship and the roll of micro entrepreneurship among the rural women. Economic empowerment of rural women led to development of family, community, society, state and nation therefore it is very necessary to give keen of our attention over empowerment of women in the rural area for the real development of our country in all spheres. Keywords- Entrepreneurship, Micro-Enterprise, Rural Women and Self Help Groups.