Micro Finance and Women Empowerment with Special Reference to Self-Help Groups (SHG)

The gender inequality existing in the demographic composition of a society is portrayed by the socio-economic conditions of the female population, their literacy rate, poverty, employment opportunity, life expectancy etc. It is a universally acceptable economic prescription that, for a populous country like India, ready to enjoy the Demographic dividend, gender equality is a main objective that must be achieved in order to achieve sustainable overall economic growth. In this paper we make a humble effort to study the problems associated with gender inequality and the potentiality of microfinance institutions in reducing the gap of gender inequality and ensuring women empowerment. Mr. Abhilash K"Micro Finance and Women Empowerment with Special Reference to Self-Help Groups (SHG)" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd14231.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/finance/14231/micro-finance-and-women-empowerment-with-special-reference-to-self-help-groups-shg/mr-abhilash-k