Women Empowerment Through Selh Help Groups In Kakkodi Panchayat.

Abstract

The women empowerment through self help group (SHGS) becomes an important policy in the local bodies of Kerala. The panchayat villages  of Kerala is highly populated but no landed properties for cultivation, building factories, making house plots so to improve the socio economic conditions of the women through local bodies started encouraging them to SHG/ kudumbasree missions and providing financial assistance, training & time to time counselling. The missions aim is to help each other through co-operation basis and bring the empowerment of women and their living conditions. Each SHG of village panchayat have a minimum of 10 members and a maximum of 20 members each.   There is no restriction to choose the work of a SHG. They can select the job work which is suitable to them. Mainly the women are forming SHGs and working collectively.  Main production of the SHGs workers are candle making, chapel making, soap production, textile readymade and so on. Now these women through kudumbasree has started mini hostel, bakery, tea shops etc are earning good. The work of kudumbasree in Kerala has achieved national and international appreciation. It is proved, kudumbasree mission is more suitable for women empowerment socially, economically and politically in Kerala being an highly populated states.