| INTRODUCTION | | | | contribution to the socio-economic development of the |
| WOMEN EMPOWERMENT | | | | nation. Empower the women in social, political, |
| The major task is to identify the areas where these | | | | economical and legal aspects became necessary to |
| groups in fact, are facing problems because at this | | | | convert the idle society into self-sustainable society. |
| stage only the problem solving adult learning technique | | | | Women empowerment can be achieved through |
| will attract these rural poor to improve their working | | | | political power, education, employment and SHG. |
| and income. The success of any strategy of women | | | | Among these, SHG dominate and fruitful success of |
| empowerment depends upon the following factors. | | | | the women empowerment. |
| 1. Level of education, hard work, competencies, | | | | SHG occupies the major part of the rural development |
| 2. Social custom and habits, standard of living | | | | of the nation, which constituted almost all the part of |
| 3. Family planning, small family, advisory about family | | | | the nation. This concept was successfully |
| expenses | | | | implemented and achieved in Bangladesh; hence it has |
| 4. Health, medical services, cleanliness | | | | been introduced in India. The southern state, |
| 5. Environment, tree growing, kitchen gardening | | | | Tamilnadu became a large size SHG constituted state |
| Today, there is over 100000 women’s Self Help | | | | in the country and mobilized crores of money. |
| Group reporting to have credit linkage with bank | | | | SHG mainly concerned with the enlistment of the |
| through micro credit schemes. These groups have | | | | women in the society through, social, economical |
| been promoted with the support of NGOs (something | | | | aspects. It leads to provide and bring the |
| under national schemes) and bilateral or multilateral | | | | empowerment to the women. SHG not only mobilize |
| donors, like United Nations and the World Bank. | | | | micro finance and provide micro credit to the needed |
| Actually, the World Bank has set a target of reaching | | | | members but also it provides self employment training, |
| 100 million of the world’s poorest people with micro | | | | awareness programme, promote the leadership |
| credit schemes, and has placed micro credit at the | | | | qualities and confidential life to its members. |
| center of its global strategy for poverty alleviation. In | | | | CONCLUSION |
| India, NABARD plays a key role in assisting banks and | | | | Hence providing adequate financial support, guidance |
| NGOs involved in micro finance schemes. | | | | to start small business, technical support can uplift their |
| Women empowerment became a developing | | | | standard of living. If they utilized this efficiently, they |
| concept, which leads to bring a better society in the | | | | don’t face poverty, in addition to this, the |
| world. It providing powers and act them to become | | | | productivity of the nation will increase, results in growth |
| independent society builders with potential challenges | | | | of GDP and per capita income. |
| to the future generation. We cannot omit the women | | | | |