Character of Self-Help Clusters in Permission of Women

Abstract

Self-Help Groups are the voluntary organizations which disburse micro credit to the members and facilitate them to enter into entrepreneurial activities. Every member of the group gets an opportunity to put forth her views. Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women in India have been  recognized  as  an  effective  strategy  for  the  empowerment  of women  in  rural  as  well  as urban areas. Throughout the vicissitudes of history women had collectively struggled against direct  and  indirect  barriers  to  their  self-development  and  their  full  social,  political  and economic  participation.  As  an  agent  of  people’s  planning  and  development,  Kudumbasree Ayalkoottam is the lowest most unit in Kerala’s contemporary democracy. The collective and integrated activities of the SHGs will help them in sustaining their family economically, giving better education to their children, meeting financial crisis in the family and meting any crisis independently.