Keya Ghosh
Volume-XI, Issue-I, October 2022
Volume-XI, Issue-I, October 2022 | ||
Published Online: 31.10.2022 | Page No: 181-191 | |||
Self-Help Group and Women Empowerment: A Prospect Profile of Nadia District in West Bengal, India Keya Ghosh, Research Scholar, Department of Rural Development and Management, Seacom Skills University, West Bengal, India | |
The majority of rural life is made up of women, who are referred to as the unsung heroine who works from dawn to dark yet long has been skipped or overlooked in the process of empowerment.The majority of women lack the resources necessary for their empowerment, wellbeing, and ability to pursue self-employment and other forms of entrepreneurship. In recent decades, the topic of women's empowerment has gained pace on a global scale. In order for women to fully realise their identity and authority in all areas of life, empowerment is an active process.Through self-help groups, the process of economic emancipation for women can be institutionalised (SHG). The SHGs are distinguished by their concentrated focus on creating employment chances through delivering training to provide both income and employment. The present study mainly focused on the management of local resources through the SHGs and women empowerment. Both primary and secondary data/information was incorporated to know the present status and future prospect of women empowerment. Three types of commodities i.e. agricultural, manufacturer and handicrafts commodities are available where local women can participate in the processing sector and enrich themselves under the umbrella of SHGs. Nadia is one of the districts with a huge scope of women empowerment to form SHG and by involving themselves as an active agent. | |
Keywords: Self-help group, women empowerment, social awareness, resource management,rural development, Nadia district. |