WOMEN CENTRIC SELF HELP GROUPS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE STATE OF KERALA
Keywords:
Self help groups,, women,, Nutrition, social capital.Abstract
Self Help Groups are often seen in the light of women empowerment but seldom are seen from the perspective of judging the kind of impact that it creates on the social fabric. This paper does its humble attempt to explore the latter aspect. Women at the grassroot levels when enter the entrepreneurial setups, it not only makes them economically independent but reflects exceptionally well in the children health, nutrition, literacy, gross enrollment ratios in the region, child marriage, child labour, hate crimes, backward conflicts, minority empowerment and an explicable impact is seen especially on rural upliftment.
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