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Role Of Micro Finance In Empowering Women : An Overview

Jyoti Tepan, Mukesh Singh

"Empowering is a multi-dimensional process that helps women to gain authority and self realization in improving their life standers." Empowerment of women is one of very important issue in developing countries. As women are integral parts of society. Women's status and participation in decision making as well as economic actions is very low. Micro-finance plays very important role in improving women decision making by contributing in economic actions. Over the years, different efforts have been made by many Government and Non-Government organizations to encourage women empowerment especially in rural areas. One such effort is the micro-finance intervention. Micro finance institution aims to provide credit to the poor women who have no access to commercial Banks. The present paper is an effort to study the role of Micro finance in women empowerment and intervention in promoting women empowerment in rural India and to check the various policies under the micro finance and the progress of this program. On the basis of this study, it is suggested that education facilities and family protection must be provided in proper way. Micro finance institutions should strengthen and expand their support to resource poor women.


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