Abstract
Empowerment is comprehensive and multi-dimensional. It has cognitive, economic, social, and political dimensions. Economic empowerment is to make women take economic decisions and act on them. Women are the nucleus of a family and responsible for change, transformation and mobilisation. Acknowledging this fact and also women's individuality, government make interventions for their economic empowerment. Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) is a similar intervention for economic empowerment of marginalised women and other groups. It is an amalgamation of Gandhian philosophy of self-reliance and sustainability. It is significant to study KVI intervention as it is the oldest movement of mass-mobilisation and recognition of marginalised women. It intends to acknowledge women's capacity of balance and contribution to their family economy.The purpose of this study was to analyse the role of KVI intervention in the economic empowerment of rural women. The objectives of the study were to explore the demographic profile of women working with KVI and to measure the economic empowerment of women through KVI interventions. The study locale was Aligarh. A sample of 120 participants was selected randomly. The data was collected through semistructured interview scheduled under the guidelines provided by the International Centre for Research on Women (Golla, Malhotra, Nanda, & Mehra, 2011) (ICRW, 2011). As per ICRW there are three key indicators of economic empowerment (Reach and Process Indicators; Economic Advancement Indicators; and Agency or Power Indicators). For the purpose of the study, power indicator was selected. Tabulation and representation of data were done through measures of central tendency. Data was analysed through a qualitative approach. Due to intervention there was less gender segregation of work, more equity of domestic loads and contribution of other members in household work. Hence, along with providing avenues for income generation KVI is also empowering marginalised rural women.
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