economic development and empowerment of women

economic development and empowerment of women

The entrepreneurship of women is considered to be an effective instrument to the economic development and empowerment of women. The Self Help Groups is considered to be institutional innovation that fosters empowerment of economically and socially deprived women. This paper discusses the differences between women in other forms of enterprises and the Self Help Groups, and attempts to identify the strength of these two forms of enterprising in empowering women.