Agricultural interventions are designed on certain assumptions of empowerment that do not necessarily address the livelihood constraints of the rural women they set out to support. This is a failing that might be due to the omission of women’s voices expressing their understanding of...

section 1. Gender : current status -- section 2. Gender : some issues -- section 3. Policies towards gender empowerment -- section 4. Gender and rural development -- section 5. Gender : select interventions for gender development

Microfinance scheme has evolved as an effective instrument for poverty alleviation in developing countries. The micro-financing scheme is dominated by self-help groups in India, which are aimed at providing a cost-effective mechanism for providing financial accommodations to the un-reached poor....

Women represent 48% of India’s population and the sustainability of our nation’s developmental efforts hinges on their equal participation in social, political and economic fabric of the nation. Yet in spite various Government programmes to this end, Indian women continue to lag behind men...