Abstract
Women empowerment is always considered as the key aspect of social development throughout the world. Self Help Group is one of the most important approaches for women empowerment in India. This present study was designed to trace out the impact of Self Help Group in women empowerment in Nadia district of West Bengal, India. Both the members (beneficiaries) and non-members (non-beneficiaries) were considered for this study. It was found that beneficiaries had higher score in all the four dimensions of empowerment, that is, personal autonomy index, family decision making index, domestic economic consultation index and political autonomy index as well as aggregate empowerment index. It may be concluded that Self Help Group approach had a significant impact on women empowerment in Nadia district of West Bengal, India. Key words: Empowerment, self help group, West Bengal.
Highlights
Empowerment is expressed as the expansion of freedom of choice and action (Narayan, 2002)
Self Help Group is one of the most important approaches for women empowerment in India
This present study was designed to trace out the impact of Self Help Group in women empowerment in Nadia district of West Bengal, India
Summary
Empowerment of women through self help group approach: Empirical evidence from west Bengal, India. Self Help Group is one of the most important approaches for women empowerment in India. This present study was designed to trace out the impact of Self Help Group in women empowerment in Nadia district of West Bengal, India. Both the members (beneficiaries) and non-members (nonbeneficiaries) were considered for this study. It may be concluded that Self Help Group approach had a significant impact on women empowerment in Nadia district of West Bengal, India
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