• Dr. Maloy Gogoi

Empowerment in the literature refers to the act of bestowing power and authority on some one. Thus, women empowerment refers to the conferring of leverage to women who are otherwise deprived. This includes granting to women effectual decision-making power/authority and the power to influence others decisions along with economic, social and civil freedom. Empowerment, by its very definition, implies an increase in the ability to exercise power. In India, as in most developing countries, women are believed to be and treated as inferior to men. Moreover, as the lives of women and men are embedded in a matrix of unequal gender relations, a decrease in the gender inequality is necessary for an outcome of ‘empowerment’ for women. In this study the researcher tries to discuss about the role of SHG on women empowerment in India.

Self Help Group (SHG), Women Empowerment, Poverty.

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SELF HELP GROUP IN INDIA: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.f355-f359, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110548.pdf

"WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SELF HELP GROUP IN INDIA: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppf355-f359, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110548.pdf