{"id":160152,"date":"2022-01-09T18:21:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160152"},"modified":"2022-01-09T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:51:09","slug":"answered-can-the-vicious-cycle-of-gender-inequality-poverty-and-malnutrition-be-broken-through-microfinancing-of-women-shgs-explain-with-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-can-the-vicious-cycle-of-gender-inequality-poverty-and-malnutrition-be-broken-through-microfinancing-of-women-shgs-explain-with-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Can the vicious cycle of gender inequality, poverty and malnutrition be broken through microfinancing of women SHGs? Explain with examples."},"content":{"rendered":"

Gender inequality results in\u00a0unequal opportunities\u00a0in terms of access to\u00a0health, education, nutrition and quality jobs\u00a0pushing women into\u00a0poverty and malnutrition.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Microfinancing of\u00a0women SHGs\u00a0can target women sitting at\u00a0the bottom of the poverty pyramid\u00a0with\u00a0higher socio-economic inequalities, in the following manner:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Nutritional indicators: Microfinancing of the women SHGs is linked\u00a0to better nutritional outcomes for the whole family.\u00a0It is important in\u00a0breaking inter-generational poverty. For example,\u00a0Self Employed Women\u2019s Association, works towards\u00a0nutrition security\u00a0amongst women.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Community involvement: Microfinancing of women SHGs,\u00a0help break the barriers of social conventions and gender ideology, with\u00a0enhanced community engagement. For example,\u00a0Kudumbshree, initiative in Kerala\u00a0started as a SHG.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Decision making ability: Microfinancing of women SHGs\u00a0improves the decision-making ability of its members. With greater say in the matters of resource utilization, family planning\u00a0etc. For example,\u00a0Indira Kranti\u00a0Patham\u00a0enhanced\u00a0human resource capacity\u00a0of its women members.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Socio-economic empowerment:\u00a0Mission Shakti initiative\u00a0of Orissa government have led to better\u00a0socio-economic indicators among tribal women.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Credit availability: Microfinancing of women SHGs is linked to\u00a0increased credit worthiness\u00a0of the members. Access to credit provides\u00a0resilience against falling into poverty trap. For example,\u00a0Jay Ambe SHG, in Rajasthan facilitates credit availability\u00a0for its poor members.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Provide for non-farm employment is crucial in supporting the primary occupation of agriculture during times of agricultural distress.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Microfinancing of the SHGs can\u00a0enhance the ability of women to augment the family income. While, it will enhance\u00a0gender parity, it will also keep the women\/children from\u00a0falling into the vicious circle of malnutrition and poverty.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gender inequality results in\u00a0unequal opportunities\u00a0in terms of access to\u00a0health, education, nutrition and quality jobs\u00a0pushing women into\u00a0poverty and malnutrition.\u00a0\u00a0 Microfinancing of\u00a0women SHGs\u00a0can target women sitting at\u00a0the bottom of the poverty pyramid\u00a0with\u00a0higher socio-economic inequalities, in the following manner:\u00a0 Nutritional indicators: Microfinancing of the women SHGs is linked\u00a0to better nutritional outcomes for the whole family.\u00a0It is important in\u00a0breaking… Continue reading [Answered] Can the vicious cycle of gender inequality, poverty and malnutrition be broken through microfinancing of women SHGs? Explain with examples.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":130,"cached_at":1698383852,"cached_date":1698476452},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}