TY - BOOK AU - Singh B.K TI - Women empowerment: Through self help groups SN - 81-89161-71-7 U1 - 305.420954 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Delhi. PB - Adhyayan publishers & distributors. N1 - 1.Perception of empowering 2.Empowering poor women in urban governance 3.Finding out what people need 4.Building sustainable groups 5.Group savings and credit 6.Planning for and supporting micro enterprise 7.Generating ideas 8.Business planning 9.Effective networking and convergence 10.Characteristics of a trainer 11.Principles and conditions for adult learning 12.Training needs assessment 13.Designing training programmes 14.Session planing 15.Communication for a trainer 16.Training methods 17.Lecture method 18.Visual aids 19.Writing training material 20.Evaluation of training 21.Implementation the training programme 22.Self help group promotes 23.Formation of groups 24.Objectives and rules of groups 25.Group meetings 26.Mobilising savings of members 27.Lending to members 28.Keeping records 29.Some DOS and Dont's for financial management of SHGs 30.Decision making 31.Leadership 32.Stages in the growth of groups 33.Monitoring of self help groups 34.Empowerment 35.Convergence of services 36.Participatory rural appraisal 37.Crime against women:A perspective 38.Civil disobedience movement and the active participation of women 39.Women's role in individual satyagraha and quit India movement 40.Women's involvement in politics in India 41.Non-cooperation movement and the beginning of political unrest among women N2 - Women will be involved and their perspectives reflected in the Policies and programmes for environment, conservation and restoration. Considering the impact of Environmental factors on their livelihoods, women?s participation will be ensured in the conservation of the Environment and control of environmental degradation. The vast majority of Rural Women still depend on the locally available non-commercial sources of energy such as Animal dung, Crop waste and fuel wood. In order to ensure the efficient use of these energy resources in an environmental friendly manner, the Policy will aim at promoting the programmes of non-conventional energy resources. Women will be involved in spreading the use of Solar energy, biogas, smokeless chulahs and other rural application so as to have a visible impact of these Measures in influencing eco system and in changing the life styles of rural women. In Recognition of the diversity of women?s situations and in acknowledgement of the needs of specially disadvantaged groups, measures and programmes will be undertaken to provide them with special assistance. These Groups include women in extreme poverty, destitute women, women in conflict situations, women affected by Natural calamities, women in less developed regions, the disabled windows, elderly women, single women in difficult circumstances, women heading households, those displaced from employment, migrants, women who are victims of marital violence, deserted women and prostitutes etc ER -