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Reasons to Join Self-Help Groups With Reference to Haryana State


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1 Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultnral University, Hisar, Haryana, India
     

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Empowerment is defined as the method by which women take control and ownership of their lives by expansion of their choices. The main elements of empowerment have been defined as gender power structnres, self-esteem and self-confidence (Kabeer, 2001). Empowerment can take place at hierarchy of ditferent levels-individual, household, community and societal. Self help groups are small informal association of the poor created at the grass ischolar_main level for the purpose of enabling members to reap economic benefits out of mutual help andj oint responsibility. The present study is conducted with the objectives to understand the reasons ofjoining Self-help Groups and also grading them on basis of their functioning. The primary data were collected through a structured, non disguised questionnaire. Atotal of300 respondents trom four villages of two districts of Haryana formed the sample size of the study. The study found that these groups consisted of mostly 15- 20 members, mostly belonging to lower castes and poorer sections. The outcome of the study revealed that most of the members of groupsjoined it to generate personal income including training facilities, availability of workplace etc. Also, grading was done on basis of the functioning of groups.

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Empowerment, Self-Help Groups, Members.
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Rijul Sihag
Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultnral University, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


Empowerment is defined as the method by which women take control and ownership of their lives by expansion of their choices. The main elements of empowerment have been defined as gender power structnres, self-esteem and self-confidence (Kabeer, 2001). Empowerment can take place at hierarchy of ditferent levels-individual, household, community and societal. Self help groups are small informal association of the poor created at the grass ischolar_main level for the purpose of enabling members to reap economic benefits out of mutual help andj oint responsibility. The present study is conducted with the objectives to understand the reasons ofjoining Self-help Groups and also grading them on basis of their functioning. The primary data were collected through a structured, non disguised questionnaire. Atotal of300 respondents trom four villages of two districts of Haryana formed the sample size of the study. The study found that these groups consisted of mostly 15- 20 members, mostly belonging to lower castes and poorer sections. The outcome of the study revealed that most of the members of groupsjoined it to generate personal income including training facilities, availability of workplace etc. Also, grading was done on basis of the functioning of groups.

Keywords


Empowerment, Self-Help Groups, Members.

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