A Historical Study Of Women’s Development Through Self Help Groups In Tirunelveli District

Abstract

The aim of this research article is to understand the women’s development through Self Help Groups in Tirunelveli District. Women and men self-help groups and other community based organizations are the base for all the development activities of Tirunelveli Social Service Society(TSSS). TSSS, with the support of Tamil Nadu Women Development Corporation, has formed women self-help groups in the grassroots villages and federated them at Panchayat, block and district level for engendering the change in the socio economic lives of the target people. The Self Help Groups have been linked to banks, financial institutions and Government-line departments for mobilizing resources for their integral development. This article focuses the only women’s development through Self Help Groups in Tirunelveli District.