Micro finance is the model of empowerment of the local people. Micro finance means providing very small loan to poor families rural, urban and semi urban areas. It is the major provision of financial services such as like savings, insurance, marketing, credit, thrift, production, investment,...

Empowerment, as a social process has challenged the fundamental imbalances of power distribution and relations. It was redistribution of power within and between families, society’s process aiming at social equality which could be achieved through dis-empowering some structures, systems and...

Empowerment of women in the third world countries is important because the benefits will be felt not only by the women themselves, but by their households as well. It may take a more enlightened approach to ensure the empowerment of women in developing countries, but the returns to their...