This book explores the impact of microfinance through the self help movement in bringing about socio-economic and political changes among poor and marginalized women. Organizing women into SHGs and enabling them to take charge of their lives, transforms the process of development from the welfare approach to a people centred approach, forging vital links between vulnerable women, financial institutions and NGOs.
Set in the villages of Maharashtra, the case studies presented document the changes happening in the lives of poor women when they undergo a process of training and capacity building through the Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) to form SHGs.
Critically assessing the self employment, political awakening and community mobilization triggered by Self Help Groups, this collection of vase studies is bound to be of interest to policy makers, academicians, as well as bankers, MFIs and others involved in the microfinance sector. |
