Empowering women through livelihood interventions: Case studies from an impoverished community

Title

Empowering women through livelihood interventions: Case studies from an impoverished community

Creator

Hemalatha K.

Description

This chapter looks at the influence of a livelihood project in empowering women belonging to an impoverished community from one of the most backward regions of the state of Karnataka in Southern India. Jamkhandi taluq of Bagalkote district is one of the poorer taluqs in the state, with a sex ratio of 938 and a female literacy rate of 50.75%. The Centre for Social Action began working in the area around a decade ago. The livelihood project was an offshoot of a project on Population displacement that was undertaken in the region. CSA adopted the Self-Help Approach (SHA) to meet the needs of this community. This gave the necessary impetus for the creation of a livelihood project for disadvantaged women. The central theme of the chapter is to study the extent of empowerment that is evident among the project's women beneficiaries. This chapter presents the evidence of empowerment using the qualitative case study methodology using ten cases. The theoretical framework provided by the 'Three Dimensional Model of Women Empowerment' is used to present the analysis. Document review and in-depth interviews are the prominent data sets used to present the study's major findings. The hybrid approach to coding and thematic analysis is used to integrate the insights from the theory used as well as observations from the study. Both within-case analysis and cross-case analysis are used for analysis. The personal, relational, and societal dimensions of empowerment are presented through themes emerging from the data. The implication of the chapter is the reiteration of the efficacy of the model in empowering women. This model can be replicated in other project areas, and livelihood strategies can be adopted extensively. 2024 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Source

Models for Social Responsibility Action by Higher Education Institutions, pp. 49-70.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Subject

Dimensions of empowerment; Livelihood intervention; Women empowerment

Coverage

Hemalatha K., Department of Sociology and Social Work, Christ University, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 979-889113251-1; 979-889113097-5

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85183083167&partnerID=40&md5=baf3d48d9e08d37b97a61a7dac2ac0d5