Women Empowerment through Self- Help Group Members of Kendrapara District in Odisha- A Case Study

Abstract

Women empowerment has been the center of debate in India for last 15 years and so on. The common point of discussion is to enquire the change in status of women both socially and economically through the flagship programme of Self-help group (SHG) model of financial inclusion across the country. Apart from this it also aims to observe the change in attitudes of women which in one word called the socio-psychological behavior. To reveal the above, the study was made through assets of structured questionnaires with targeted respondents of 170 spread over 12 SHG groups covering 2 Blocks of Kendrapara district of Odisha. The data collected was analyzed statistical tools using SPSS. The study has concentrated on the socio-economic improvement strategies and women empowerment through SHG in Kendrapara district of Odisha.