New Dimension of Women Empowerment: A case study

Abstract

In India after liberalization of Economy by LPG, problems on women workers starts aggravated in the unorganized sector from bad to worse which made them to lost their livelihood by avoiding various self-employment activities. After the dominance of SHG concept it started reaching these ‘Unreached poor” which brought them self-confidence, self-reliance and self-respect in the present scenario. This paper explores into the two extreme ends of affairs of women before and after joining SHG, and how it empowered them with special reference to Women of Palladam Village , Tirupur Dt, Tamil Nadu.