Self-Help Groups and RurWomen Empowerment Through Poverty Alleviation: Problems and Prospects

Abstract: Women empowerment is a big issue today and it is relevant to the development of any nation or country. To ensure women empowerment, the country has chosen several paths, the Self-Help Group is one of them and associated with income generation and poverty alleviation through women empowerment of rural areas. The study will show the working procedures of Self-Help Groups and obstacles towards its success. This paper will show some remedial ways to prevent existing obstacles.

Keywords: Women empowerment, rural women, SHGs, poverty alleviation