A Study on Women Empowerment through Kudumbashree Units with Special Reference to Adat Grama Panchayath Thrissur -Kerala

Abstract: Women in general, rarely enjoy the wide spectrum of freedom and rights granted by constitution and other legal provisions. Women who steer all the domestic activities so efficiently well are certainly very good examples in life management. Women are source of man power and contribute effectively towards human capital for which they have to be adequately equipped .Their potentials have to be properly exploited and their productivity and creativity should be utilized for the development of the nation. This can be made possible by empowering them.The study will be of utmost significance as it would take stock of the extra livelihood options created through Kudumbasree intervention. The data regarding the fruits of micro entrepreneurial activities initiated through Kudumbasree inspiration offers another ocean of material information. The reasons cited for refraining from the income generating activities besides the details of difficulties confronted mark another area of focus. Since kudumbasree focused its objective on poverty alleviation through women empowerment .Women empowerment has great relevance in a panchayath like Adat, Thrissur Kerala. The project itself explain the agreeability of respondents regarding the improvement of empowerment after joining in NHGs.