Women’s Psychological Empowerment Through Floriculture: A Case Study of Dinapur Village in Chiraigaon Block, Varanasi

AbstractThe study was conducted in 2020, in Dinapur village (Chiraigaon block) Varanasi, Uttar-Pradesh among the Self-Help Group women who were involved in floriculture activities. An attempt was made to study their psychological empowerment through floriculture. The floricultural activity generates many employments in rural area. The rural women are engaged in floriculture and garlanding works which gives selfempowerment among them. In present study empowerment is measured through assessment of one’s dominant thoughts and tendencies. Two dimensions of Empowerment were taken Autonomy and Selfesteem. The data was collected from 150 women respondents by random sampling method with the help of pretested interview schedule followed by ex-post-facto research design. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents (43.33%) were having medium level of empowerment followed by 35.34 per cent were having high and 21.33 per cent were having low level of empowerment. It was also found that farm size had positive and significant relationship with empowerment of women in floricultural activities. Step-wise regression model revealed that farm size contributed 31.00 per cent of total of variance in empowerment of women in floricultural activities. With floriculture and involvement in SHG they are psychologically getting more empowered which is good sign for our society and Nation.