Empowerment of Muslim Women through Microfinance and Self Help Groups: A Case Study of Chennai City

M. Abdul Jamal; Amatul Khadir Ayesha Raihana; H. Yasmeen Sultana

doi:10.18034/abr.v6i2.36

Authors

M. Abdul Jamal Assistant Professor & Research Supervisor, PG & Research Department of Economics, The New College, Chennai – 600 014, INDIA
Amatul Khadir Ayesha Raihana Former Controller of Examinations, Associate Professor (Retd)., Department of Economics, Stella Maris College, Chennai – 600086, INDIA
H. Yasmeen Sultana Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School of Management, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605 014, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/abr.v6i2.36

Keywords:

Women Empowerment, Micro finance, SHGs

Abstract

The empowerment of women is one of the central issues in the process of development of countries all over the world. The Government of India has made Empowerment of Women as one of the principal objectives of the Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002) and also declared 2001 as the year of ‘Women’s Empowerment’. Women's empowerment is a process in which women gain greater share of control over resources - material, human and intellectual like knowledge, information, ideas and financial resources like money - and access to money and control over decision-making in the home, community, society and nation, and to gain `power'. Microfinance is the provision of small amounts of financial services to low income poor and very poor self employed people. The participation of women in Self Help Groups (SHGs) made a significant impact on their empowerment both in social and economical aspects. This study addresses empowerment of Muslim women through microfinance and self help groups in Chennai city of Tamilnadu. The information required for the study has been collected from both the primary and secondary sources. Further statistical analysis has been undertaken using various statistical tools like logistic regression, student t test, F test, Chi square test, ANOVA, Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT), the Wald Test, etc.

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