Upliftment Of Women Research Articles

Role of Self-Help Groups in Upliftment of Women in India

This article critically examines the significant role of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in empowering women in India. SHGs have emerged as powerful grassroots institutions that promote financial inclusion, skill development, and collective decision-making among women. The study reviews existing literature on the impact of SHGs on women's economic and social empowerment. The discussion highlights the success stories, challenges, and policy implications of SHGs in transforming the lives of women in India. The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of continued support and innovative approaches to strengthen SHGs and ensure sustained upliftment of women in the country.

Concepts of Womanism/ Feminism in A Life Apart: An Autobiography by Prabha Khaitan

Even though the concept of Womanism has roots in Black Feminism, still it can form some relevance and connection with Indian Feminism. Alice Walker (1944-) an African Black woman writer has positioned “Womanist/Womanism” in her critically acclaimed collection of essays, “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose”. Roughly, in Post-Independence India, women’s active involvement in politics advances their positions. The proportion of women in the Indian Education System skyrocketed. Due to awareness, Indian women make decisions in the realms of social, economic, and religious issues as well. Now, women lawyers, activists, politicians, administrators, and others focus on the upliftment of women’s conditions in India. These give birth to women-specific organizations, acts, amendments, and laws. In Indian Feminism based on the above-discussed layouts, there have been three waves in the last eighty years. Indian Womanism can be one of the most significant segments of Indian Feminism of the contemporary era. The primary aim of the Researcher is to conceptualize Indian Womanism while unwrapping the palimpsest narrative of Prabha Khaitan’s autobiography named A Life Apart. The second contention is to situate Prabha Khaitan as the best possible exemplar of an Indian Womanist instead of an Indian Feminist in the background of A Life Apart: An Autobiography.

"Importance of Education in Upliftment of Women in India"

"Importance of Education in Upliftment of Women in India"

Problems and Solutions for Women Entrepreneurs in India

The fact is universally accepted that “if a woman grows, along with her grows the family, the society and the nation”. But this same family, society and nation act as a roadblock in the development of the status of women. Entrepreneurship is the most promising avenue for being financially and socially independent for the female population. In a developing country like India women constitute around 10% of total population of entrepreneurs. They have emerged as the rising stars of economies like India to bring wealth and prosperity. But still their valuable contributions are left ignored due to numerous societal and economical barriers. In this fast moving economy the government, NGOs, social scientists and international agencies have been showing interest in social upliftment of women entrepreneurs by initiating development programs and policies. On the other hand the obstacles created by society and women themselves have hindered their growth. Certain behavioral, social, institutional and government measures have been instrumental in empowering women entrepreneurship but their actual impact can be viewed only if these developmental policies are implemented eliminating societal and economic disparities. Keywords: Meaning of women entrepreneur, challenges of Indian women entrepreneurs, factors influencing women entrepreneurship, measures taken by the Indian government

The impact of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana on the socioeconomic development of women in India: A study of Delhi-NCR

The holistic growth of a country is attributed to the factors such as social wellbeing, socioeconomic development other than economic development. Thus, to achieve vigorous economic growth, a well-structured program should be placed which aims to alleviate poverty and empower people by providing them easy access to factors of production, particularly capital. Planned interventions have been made by the governments to target the problems at the grassroot level and uplift the weaker sections of the society. One such program is microfinancing programme which channelises the energy of our youth into productive activities by providing them the necessary financial support. The Indian government has launched a scheme called Mudra Yojana which is concerned with the upliftment of women and development of small and medium sector enterprises. Thus, our present study aims to investigate the impact of mudra yojana on the socioeconomic growth and development of women in India. Primary data is collected from around 300 female respondents through telephonic interviews for the purpose of our analysis. The results of the graphical and tabulation analysis of the data indicate a positive role of mudra in improving the status of women in our society. Mudra loan has made women financially independent and helped them establish their own business. Many respondents have also reported an increase in their monthly household income and savings after taking loan.

Glass Ceiling at Workplace: An Analysis with Reference to Laws of India

"Glass Ceiling" means an invisible or hidden barrier that describes the gender barriers, as it stands for gender, race, and class that obstruct women's opportunities for advancement at all levels of organizational hierarchy. It is not only a corporate term that is being generally used in the workplace for women but it is an unfortunate incident that can be happened at all levels, which lies in the mindset of people and society. The rise in female education and the feminization of higher professions - liberal and salaried have not removed the obstacles that women face in reaching the top levels of power, prestige, and remuneration. Women are facing various issues like gender inequality, discrimination, sexual abuse, and mental harassment at work or in society. So improving the condition of women, many organizations, Governments are coming forward and making some policies and laws for their betterment. This paper is an attempt to analyze the role of the Indian government towards the upliftment of women in their personal as well as professional growth.

The Feminist Utopia in Prema Shah and Rokeya S. Hossain: Linking the Real to the Ideal

Prema Shah’s “A Husband” and Rokeya S. Hossain’s “Sultana’s Dream” present two complementary versions of women’s world: the real in Shah and the imagined in Hossain aspire to make the other complete. The worldview that each author projects in their texts reasserts the latent spirit of the other one. The embedded interconnectedness between the authors under discussion reveals their unique association and bond of women’s creative unity towards paving a road for the upliftment of women in general. The paper seeks to find out the historical forces leading to the formation of a certain type of bond between these two authors from different historical and socio-cultural realities. Shah locates a typical Nepali woman in the protagonist in the patriarchal order while Hossain pictures the contemporary Bengali Islamic society and reverses the role of men and women. Hossain’s ideal world and Shah’s real world form two complementary versions of each other: despite opposite in nature, each world completes the other. Sultana moves to the world of dream to seek a new order because Nirmala’s world exercises every form of tortures upon the women’s self. Shah exposes the social reality dictating upon the women’s self while Hossain’s protagonist escapes into the world of dream where women control the social reality effectively and successfully. Overall, Shah and Hossain complement each other’s world by presenting two alternative versions of the same reality, creating the feminist utopia.

The Levels of Perceived Emotional Abuse among Pakistani Husbands and Wives

Emotional abuse in marital or committed couples has been reported differently in literature. There has been a traditional theme that husbands are significantly more emotionally abusive toward their wives. This trend, however, has been changing due to the social participation and educational uplift of women. The current study intended to explore the prevalence and levels of emotional abuse among husbands and wives. The study involved 177 husbands and 139 wives and administered the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse to assess the levels of emotional abuse among the respondents. The findings revealed that husbands felt significantly more emotional abuse from wives.

Technologies for Enhancement of Shares in Online Trading

To know about the success criteria of the women entrepreneurs. Today women are empowered in various aspect of life, to know the challenges that had been faced by the women entrepreneurs. Customer perception has been clearly examined among the customer of the women entrepreneurs In online stock broking. As the male domination is more in this area, to know the customer perception towards women entrepreneurs rather with the male entrepreneurs. The factors that motivates the women in entrepreneurial development. As there are remarkable change in the upliftment of women, the success strategies will help the upcoming women entrepreneurs to excel in the business. Women are considered as eyes of the nation. Women achieving greater heights in all sectors. The study aims to identify the success strategies, challenges that had been pursued by the women entrepreneurs to achieve a zeal. To understand this a structured questionnaire was prepared and collected among the women entrepreneurs in and around Chennai city. According to the response of the women entrepreneur’s analysis and interpretation was made and suggestion were made. It helps other women entrepreneurs to have a literature about the strategies.

Educational Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda has said that education is the manifestation of the perfection already present in man. Through Vivekananda’s life experiences, he learned many truths and shared them with others. These truths addressed the subject of education. To him education played and plays a vital role in curing the evils in society, and it is critical in shaping the future of humanity. He talked about “man-making” education. In Vivekananda’s educational scheme for India, the uplift of women and the masses received the highest priority. In this paper, a systematic attempt has been to explain the educational philosophy of Swami Vivekananda.

Genesis of dairy based farmer producer companies in Kerala

A study on the genesis of dairy based farmer producer companies was carried out in five companies of Kerala. From each company 24 members were randomly selected. Reasons behind the formation of company were analyzed statistically. The study revealed that 96.66 percent of respondents viewed better price realization through direct sale of farm produce by eliminating middleman as the foremost reason of company formation followed by availability of farm inputs at reasonable rate (90.83%) and benefits from various government schemes (90.83%) through producer company. Other important reasons were upgraded technology, reducing risk in farming, upliftment of women, value addition, capacity building and storage facility.

Can education empower women through entrepreneurial marketing

PurposeThis paper aims to find the role of education in enhancing the status of women entrepreneurs through empowerment and self-employment. This will also help in upliftment of women and community services being contributed by them. The data were collected from all over India (east, west, north and south).Design/methodology/approachThe empirical study aims at developing the understanding about role of nature of business-influencing community services through women entrepreneurship. Several organizations from manufacturing and services sectors were selected for the empirical study established by women entrepreneurs.FindingsThe data were collected through a questionnaire survey, observations and an interview method. There is a significant relationship between size of the business expansion and the sector of business and profit generated for enhancing community services through women entrepreneurship.Research limitations/implicationsThis implies that in the Indian context, mostly women entrepreneurs invest and set up enterprises mostly in sectors of beauty, retail, food and childcare, other sectors that require less investment, less manual labor and comparatively non-heavy engineering sectors.Originality/valueThe results show that the expansion plan is dependent on the profits and objective of community services generated in the business.

Eve-Teasing: Effect on Emotional Intelligence of Adolescent Girls In Relation to Stress

The world is transforming swiftly in education, technology, science and society itself. In this changing world, a woman is also going through equal transformation. She has moved shoulder to shoulder with the man and partaken his endeavor in every area of life. She has also made herself accessible to the outer universe and made a space for herself there too. The maximum credit for this upliftment of women goes to education. But at the same time when a women moves out of her home for getting education in some good educational institution or work, she does face many problems, and Eve-teasing is one such pernicious, horrid and disgusting practice which poses a threat to the security and wellbeing of a girl.

Economic Empowerment of Tribal Women in the Nilgiris District of South India

The study is about the status of tribal women in their community and the way how they empowered themselves through Self Help Groups and other organisations. It gives a brief description about the tribal population in the district. The study reveals the traditional customs which were considered as the hurdles for women empowerment. It also sketches the tribal habitat in the Nilgiris district of South India. The study states that the upliftment of women in tribal community brought a tremendous change in their economy. It has been evident that after the formation of SHG (Self help groups), there was a notable change in the status of tribal women. It has also been suggested that the government has to take positive measures in educating the girls of the upcoming generation in the tribal community. The study has a conclusion that the tribal woman has to be given proper awareness about the schemes provided for the women development by the voluntary groups. There should be more development in the Self Help Group projects.

THE VITALITY AND ROLE OF SELF HELP GROUPS (SHGS) IN WOMEN UPLIFTMENT: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KASHMIR

The prosperity and the stability of a family incomplete until a woman are not empowered. Empowerment means the raising of spiritual, political, social, gender or economic strength of individuals and communities, if a women is educated she can then rightly participate, organize, make others aware of the various programmes which is necessary for the upliftment of women. The women can understand and better coordinate with other women. The women folk especially belonging to rural areas had developed myth that they are dependent on males for their survival and are themselves unable to earn their bread. A Woman has been always the victim of discrimination and is given secondary importance in the society. They are unable to express themselves to outsiders because of restrictions imposed on them. This deteriorating condition of women is because of their unemployment, low status, least decisions making power, lack in education and awareness about the laws of both sexes. These problems have been somewhat rectified by many Self Help Groups (SHGs) operating in Jammu and Kashmir. This organization can train the women for various skill development programmes thus can assist. Women in standing on their feet and also in the assessments of their potential. Although government under its various schemes and projects has been trying to facilitate the economic empowerment of women belonging to lower economic strata, but has not attained much success.
 Under these circumstances the need of empowering of women through different schemes and projects is in need of and the formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) is one of the ways to tackle the situation. It can act as a potent medium that can ensure the all-round development of women particularly rural areas. Women can get rid of financial problems as this group gives them access to various agencies and banks from which they can lend a loan to start their business or their work etc. The present paper is an attempt to showcase the role, vitality of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the sustainable development of women in the state of Jammu and Kashmir where the women folk is mostly victimized by severe and bad conditions.

The Interrogative Approach to Gender Mainstreaming as a Vehicle to Women Development in Africa

The gap between policy development and implementation is often wide. Governments and organizations develop policies which are attractive on paper and which are often not well implemented; one of such policies is on gender mainstreaming. Gender mainstreaming is an important strategy which can bring about the up-liftment of women if well implemented and monitored. However, systems in various organizations make it difficult for the successful implementation thereof. Laws in developing economies are not yet favourable to women. Women are still living in hard conditions and are often overlooked when employment opportunities arise. Fewer women have the privilege of moving up the economic and political ladders. Most women still face challenges in accessing education, credit, ownership of land and businesses. Therefore this compels one to interrogate the policies and strategies that are in place, and which were meant to uplift women, as to whether they are effective or not. The discourse in this article focuses on the implementation of gender mainstreaming as a means of achieving women emancipation and economic development in Africa. The arguments are presented under the precis that development and economic freedom are embedded in equal opportunities and access. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n27p1431

Personal Micro Credit a Path for Upliftment of Socio-Economic Status of the Lower Income Women

Micro is the extension of very small amount of loan to the poor people who lack collateral, steady employment and variable credit history. Micro is provision of thrift, credit and other financial services and products of very small amount to the poor in rural, semi-urban and urban areas for enabling them to raise their income levels and improve living standards. Micro Institutions are those, which provide these facilities. The concept of credit is known more by its approach than by monetary limits to the amount of loans. Micro finance is a broader term than Micro credit. The main components of Micro finance are deposits, loan payment services, insurance, and money transfers. However the Micro credit is only one component of Micro Finance. The concept of credit is known more by its approach than by monetary limits to the amount of loans. An extremely small loan given to impoverished people to help them become self employed. It is also known as micro or micro loan. In India, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) finances banks that on-lend funds to self-help groups (SHGs). Apart from the NABARD now days Micro Finance Institutions (MFI), Public sector banks, Private sector banks, RRBs and DCCBs are also finances to poorest women for upliftment of women. Patsansthas registered under the Co-operative societies are lending funds to the poor women. These Patsansthas are generally lending the funds to the Individual member of the group with the backing of each others guarantee. The concept of Micro Credit than funding to the SHGS becomes very popular and targeted means of finance. These Patsansthas are giving not only funds but also provides technical assistance to the women for developing the enterprenual skills of the women. The researcher conducted the research at Navjeevan Nagari Sahakari Patsanstha, a credit society registered with Co-operative department running a financing activity towards upliftment of women through the Micro Credit We study of the concept of Personal Micro and whether it affects on the upliftment of the women.

Perception of mothers about their daughters future in rural Karnataka

Sir, India is predominantly a rural area and a land with ancient values. The growing concern is the decreasing male and female ratio and the need for program for the upliftment of women in the nation. But the daughter’s future is shaped by her first teacher that is mother. What do these mothers think about their daughter in future? So a study in the central Karnataka region (Davangere taluk) was conducted in order to understand the mothers’ perception and ambition about their daughters. All mothers with a girl child aged 5–15 years were the participants. The taluk was divided into 4 quadrants and 2 villages from each quadrant were randomly selected and 30 houses in each village by systematic random sampling were picked. The results depicted that 41% of the mothers were wishing their daughters to study as long as they wished and 32% felt that 10thstandard was maximum necessity. A total of 69% of the mothers wanted their girl child to be married at 20–25 years of age. Early pregnancy was told to be risky by 53% of the mothers. 54% of the mothers wanted daughters to be economically independent [Table 1]. Table 1 Mothers’ perception with age group, religion, and mothers’ education Table 1 reveal that young mothers significantly had better ambition regarding education of daughters (84%), and economic independence (70%). A total of 63% said no to early pregnancy. As seen in earlier studies(1,2) even we could see Hindus having better ambitions than Muslim mothers. It was evidently seen that educated mothers had better ambition for daughters. Mothers who had completed 10thclass (55%) had a definite idea what education their daughters should perceive and 86% wanted their daughters to get education higher than 10thclass. Educated mothers were clearly aware of the early pregnancy risk and wanted their daughters to give birth to child at 20–25 years of age. A total of 80% of the educated mothers wanted their girl child to be economically independent. Mothers with more children had low ambition toward a girl child’s higher education. Socio-economic status was not associated with mother’s ambitions. Focus group discussion conducted to know indepth understanding of reasons for perception revealed that majority (40%) of the mothers wanted daughters’ economical independence and so also wanted good education; some felt education increases the intelligence and so gives a better life whereas few also felt education is a qualification for marriage. But when the question of not educating daughters arose majority of the mothers had economical constrains (40%) to do so; 30% of the mothers claimed education is of no use as women are not allowed to do a job and housewives do not need education. A total of 20% felt that male child’s education is more important, and so said no to girls’ education. We found that religion and education of mothers were major factors contributing to better education and health of daughters but SES has no association with mother’s ambitions and perception. Younger mothers were highly ambitious which would move them toward a new era of better women health in near future.

Women Association Struggle for Development (WASFD)

Women Association Struggle for Development (WASFD) was established in December 1998 by 15 women of the Swabi district with a vision to build a society where poor women could enjoy their rights for social and economic development. WASFD extended its area of operation to the Mardan district in June 2002. In June 2005, WASFD was working in 25 villages of the Swabi district and 15 villages of the Mardan district. Since its inception, WASFD had been actively working towards the economic uplift of women in the area. After six years of its operations, the executive body of WASFD wanted to examine the viability of increasing its impact of operations in line with its mission and objectives. This case is useful in examining the expansion and long-term planning of a social organization.

Uplift of Women in Country Life

Uplift of Women in Country Life