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Role of SHG in Women Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation - A Case Study


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1 Department of Commerce, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641004, Tamil Nadu, India
 

The scheme of micro-financing through Self-Help Groups (SHGs) creates empowerment yielding situations for women to move from the state of marginalization to that of utmost importance for them in all the family and other social decisions. This study highlights the crucial role of SHGs in alleviating poverty among women in Karamadai block of Coimbatore district. The study revealed that the women members of SHGs have significantly gained psychologically, socially and economically that has led to their empowerment.


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Empowerment, Poverty, Sustainable Development, Upliftment of Women, SHGs.
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K. P. Radhika
Department of Commerce, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641004, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


The scheme of micro-financing through Self-Help Groups (SHGs) creates empowerment yielding situations for women to move from the state of marginalization to that of utmost importance for them in all the family and other social decisions. This study highlights the crucial role of SHGs in alleviating poverty among women in Karamadai block of Coimbatore district. The study revealed that the women members of SHGs have significantly gained psychologically, socially and economically that has led to their empowerment.


Keywords


Empowerment, Poverty, Sustainable Development, Upliftment of Women, SHGs.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh%2F2018%2Fv5i1%2F177848