Social Employability and Entrepreneurship Among the Marginalized Women in Char Chapori Areas of Assam

This study will primarily focus on the economic condition of the women in riverine areas of Assam and how they have come forward with plethora of ideas for sustainable development and entrepreneurship. The study shall also touch the issues of domestic violence and child marriage and what measures are taken or can be taken to prevent these. Although it is said that development is gender neutral but with significantly illiterate women there can never be development in true sense in the grassroot level. There is also a common belief that Muslim parents feel that education is not important for girls and that it may instill a wrong set of values. Even if girls are enrolled, they are withdrawn at an early age to marry them off. This leads to a high drop-out rate among Muslim girls. It was also found that the non-availability of schools within easy reach for girls at lower levels of education, absence of girl's hostels, absence of female teachers and non-availability of scholarships as they move up the education ladder, are the main reasons behind their educational backwardness (Sachar, 2006). In this context, employed women is a far-off dream for women belonging to Muslim community of the marginalized and deprived section of the society. Hence it is very important to know and understand how a particular section of women is able to sustain while getting involved in social entrepreneurship and managing their own finances.