HuSS: International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences

K. K. Saradha ¹

Affiliations
1 Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Vellalar College for Women, Erode, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Women empowerment is the concept of developing and empowering women in all aspects. Traditionally, women involved mainly in routine household activities and in bringing up their children. As there has been a continuous development in technology, changes in social well being of the people, upliftment in literacy level, there is a change in the mind set of women that encourages them to occupy a place in supporting their family along with men folks. In order to provide support and motivate the needy, the Government has implemented many schemes and programs. Among them, Self Help Group (SHG) is a successful scheme that has brought out many skilled women into forum. The Self Help Group is one where the women who do not have adequate financial support may join together with a focus to improve their social and financial background. There are many NGOs (Non-Government Organizations) who supports the formation of Self Help Groups. They also assist the members in getting financial assistance, procuring raw materials, arranging for training programs and also in marketing the produce. Thus, Self Help Groups promote the self sustainability of economically downtrodden women. In this aspect, the research has been made with an aim to analyze the empowerment of women through SHGs in Thindal, Erode District. The data was collected from 50 respondents by employing simple random sampling technique. It was found that most of the respondents are motivated towards Self Help Group as it helps them to earn income for the family.

Keywords

Livelihood, Self-Employment, Self Help Group and Women Empowerment.

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C. Umamaheswari ¹, K. K. Saradha ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Economics, Government Arts College, Udumalpet – 642126, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of Economics, Vellalar College for Women, Erode – 638012, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Health plays a vital role in the well-being of human life and country’s economic growth. The health of women, in particular can be analyzed in terms of various indicators that vary geographically, socio-economically and culturally. At present, Indian women are facing many health problems, which lead to disturbance in the output level of the company. The tea industry has been playing a very important role in the development of the Indian economy. Women make an immense contribution in the productivity of tea plantation. Most of the labor force in tea plantation includes migrants from various districts of Tamil Nadu. The study adopted simple random sampling technique in selecting the sample and primary data were collected from 100 respondents. The study has been undertaken to analyze the health status of scheduled caste women working in tea plantation at Valparai Taluk, Coimbatore District. The study indicated that the health awareness among the scheduled caste women workers was very poor. The findings showed that variables such as age of the worker, level of formal education of the worker, length of service and annual medical expenditure had significantly influenced the health status of the women workers. It was suggested that the Government, NGOs as well as the management of the tea plantations should take immediate measures to improve the health of the workers to have drastic change in economic and social aspects.

Keywords

Health, Plantation, Production and Women Workers

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