scholarly journals Women Empowerment through Self-Help Groups, A Case Study in Hoogly District of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Soma Saha Soma Saha ◽  
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

scholarly journals Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Women Empowerment: A Study in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rema Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Collective Decision Making ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Affinity Group ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Self Help Group

Empowerment is an abstract, multi- dimensional and multi-level concept that can be both a process and outcome. It can be defined as the process of increasing the assets and capabilities of individuals or groups to make purposive choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes. A Self Help Group (SHG) is a small economically homogenous affinity group of 10 to 20 persons who come together to save small amounts regularly, mutually agree to contribute to a common fund, have collective decision making, or resolve conflicts through collective leadership and mutual discussion. The present study was undertaken in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal,

Impact of Self Help Groups on Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Puri District, Odisha

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Tangible Assets ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are meant to empower women both socially and economically. They encourage women to participate in decision making in the household, community and local domestic sector and prepare rural women to take up leadership positions. This study examines the pre-SHG and post-SHG status of rural SHG members in Puri district of Odisha. On the basis of primary data analysis, the study finds that SHGs have not only produced tangible assets and improved the living conditions of the members, but has also helped in changing much of their social outlook and attitudes. In the study area, SHGs have served the cause of women empowerment, social solidarity and socio-economic betterment of the rural poor.

Does Microfinance through SHG Empower Women? A Study of Select SHGs in Bankura District, West Bengal

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratul Saha
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Third World ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
The Third ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Bankura District ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self Help Groups (SHGs) have emerged as major agents of development and empowerment of weaker sections in countries of the Third World. In India, since the beginning of the Ninth Plan, most of the development programmes have been channelled through SHGs. There is a common perception that women who join SHGs not only become economically empowered but become powerful in many other ways as well. They gain a say in family matters and their social status is enhanced. In the present study, an attempt has been made to judge the extent to which SHGs contribute to the improvement of women awareness and overall development or empowerment of women. In this study, 15 SHGs under SGSY have been selected by applying stratified random sampling method in the Bankura District of West Bengal. The study concluded that the women empowerment is still in process at the moderate level in our study area.

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