European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

The focus of this paper is on social empowerment of women in Jodhpur. Microfinance through SHG has emerged as a social empowerment tool. Though empowerment is not just talking about finance it is complete growth of an individual that is physical, mental and social. To make the social empowerment happen there was the need of interaction of women with the society and involvement in some socio-economic activity. Microfinance through SHG is enabling women folk to raise their socio- economic levels and improve living. In the study it was found that the social condition of the respondents became stronger after they joined the SHG and got microfinance. The Association of attributes and Yule’s Q value used in this study showed the stronger social condition of the respondents after they joined SHG.