Women empowerment has been one of the significant strategies in the development
process in India since the 9th Five Years Plan. Self help Group (SHG) approach has become …

A society cannot develop without women's equal participation in the decision-making
process within the family as well as in the society. Unquestionably, a woman can do this only …

When asked about their motivations for joining local self-help groups in rural Tanzania,
members frequently offered two reasons: kujiletea maendeleo and kusaidiana. The exact …

In India, the central government has catalyzed the spread of SHGs since 2011 through the
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). NRLM is India's flagship program to reduce …

A Self Help Group (SHG) is a voluntary association of 10-20 persons from the homogeneous
weaker section of the society with a common interest, formed and managed democratically …

Empowering women is one of the most crucial concerns of the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG) of the United Nations. Women need, at the best, a tiny opportunity either to …

In this thesis, I argue that NGOs in India thrive on the under-compensated labour of women
by perpetuating a 'doing good'narrative. This narrative serves as an anchor as well as a …

Poverty means those people who have nothing, whose lives are in constant hazard due to
the shortage of all basic resources that are required for their survival. In broadspectrum …

Women play an important role in the overall growth of human resources. They can be the
part of economic activity and profession, while being the caregivers and mothers of their …

Empowerment of women helps in the process of sustainable growth and development of the
economy. Empowerment is a process to improve the extent of self-sufficiency and self …