Microfinance and Women's Economic Empowerment: Assessing the Role of Financial Inclusion

Abstract

Empowerment of women is a major issue in most developing countries of the world including India. Despite of many efforts undertaken to reduce poverty and inculcate development target has not been achieved yet and one thing where we are lacking is giving empowerment to women. Micro finance institutions have mushroomed and have become a vital tool both in poverty eradication and women empowerment. This study is based on relationship between micro finance institution and women empowerment in India. Qualitative method that involves primary data collection with the help of in-depth interview with women have been used to infer valuable results.