Widows’ Self-help Groups in North India: A Tool for Financial and Social Improvement

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Background and Aims: Widows in India face immense challenges through enduring abuse, discrimination, poor financial opportunities. Whilst there are many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) undertaking women’s empowerment programs, is a paucity of literature reviewing their impact. Project Sampan, located Uttarakhand, India, started by helping widows form self-help groups provides education agricultural skills training as well group private counselling. This study aims to evaluate the experiences participants Sampan widows’ program.
 Methods: qualitative involved conducting seventeen semi-structured interviews between February March 2021; fifteen with participant two program facilitators. who were minimum 18 years age had months involvement included. Participants recruited convenience sampling. Thematic analysis was undertaken generate common themes relating impact on widows, triangulation this data also conducted observation diaries kept 
 Results: The evaluation revealed four key themes. Firstly, it found that changed daily practices, leading improved produce corresponding sales an increased opportunity partake community business. has helped improve confidence, agency, independence. Furthermore, microfinancing component consistently be strength project, providing security. Their productivity contribution communities led recognition society, mitigate some social stigma surrounding widowhood. strengthened solidarity among opportunities socialise together.
 Conclusions: describes plight have been historically excluded financially vulnerable, but growing confidence emancipation though Sampan. serves underscore existing about discrimination Indian demonstrate value empowering widows.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Christian Journal for Global Health

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2167-2415']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v9i2.699