%0 Journal Article
%T Women¡¯s Empowerment through Self-help Groups and its Impact on Health Issues: Empirical Evidence
%A Assist. Prof. Sudipta De
%A Prof. Debnarayan Sarker
%J Journal of Global Analysis
%D 2011
%I Centre for Strategic Research & Analysis
%X Based on an empirical study in West Bengal, this paper attempts toexamine whether women¡¯s involvement in the microcredit programmethrough SHGs makes any positive change on women¡¯s empowerment.From the assessment of various criteria of empowerment(power,autonomy and self-reliance, entitlement, participation and awarenessand capacity-building), the study suggests that if women participatingin the microcredit programme through SHGs sustain for some longerperiod (eight years or more), such programme might contribute tohigher level of women¡¯s empowerment than women¡¯s empowermentunder all types of control group. This paper also finds that women¡¯searnings from saving and credit have positive and significant effect onnutritional status of the children of women members of SHGs and onthe protein-intake for their household compared with that of amongcontrol groups.
%K Women¡¯s empowerment
%K Power
%K Autonomy and Self-reliance
%K Entitlement
%K Participation
%K Awareness and Capacity-building
%K Nutritional Status
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