Self-Help Groups (Shgs) As A Means Of Women Empowerment

The empowerment of women is one of the most important goals that should be pursued in the attempt to create inclusive development on a global basis. It has been shown that the establishment of Self-Help Groups (SHGs), which are particularly common in developing countries like India, is a significant instrument for accomplishing this purpose. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact that SHGs play in the empowerment of women in terms of both their political and social standing. The study provides an illustration of the possibilities that are associated with empowerment driven by SHGs absed on 460 randomly selected members of SHG from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.