The Development of Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Widowed and Abandoned Women Through Microcredit Self-Help Groups: The Case of Rural South India

Newransky, Chrisann; Kayser, Karen; Lombe, Margaret

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“…It may eventually lead to enhancing women's "capabilities" (Sen 1999), expanding their ability to participate in the social and civic life of a community and improve their quality of life. This cascading process of change has found support in recent evidence regarding group members' participation in grassroots political institutions in rural India (Palaniswamy et al 2019, Sanyal 2019 and the development of self-efficacy beliefs among widowed and abandoned women enrolled in microcredit SHGs (Newransky et al 2014).…”

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From Brides to Business Owners: Microfinance and Women’s Entrepreneurship

Sanyal¹

2019

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Women's entrepreneurship through microfinance programs has been celebrated as a model for reducing poverty and empowering women. Yet, evidence of the incidence of women's entrepreneurship has been disappointing, leading to much critique and controversy. This article presents case narratives of women enrolled in microfinance programs in rural India who took the leap onto entrepreneurship and used microcredit loans to expand or start their small-scale livelihoods enterprises. These narratives illustrate the particular economic and social conditions that are found in cases where women have transitioned from being dependent, gender-compliant housewives to sole-earners or main breadwinners. Marital failure, functional absence or retreat of husband, economic distress, living in a nuclear household, and absence of an adult son are consistently evident in all cases of women's entrepreneurship. This qualitative analysis helps us understand why women's entrepreneurship is not more widespread despite the availability of microcredit loans.

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From Brides to Business Owners: Microfinance and Women’s Entrepreneurship

Sanyal¹

2019

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“…Furthermore, widowed and abandoned women in micro-credit self-help groups in rural India reported increased perception of self-efficacy beliefs (Newransky, Kayser & Lombe, 2014). A support group for young women with disabilities influenced their sense of belonging within the group, such as increased self-confidence and disability pride, and in the world outside the group, such as communicating the empowered identity to friends, family, and community members (Mejias & Gill, 2014).…”

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Razlike U Percipiranim Koristima Članstva U Različitim Tipovima Grupa Za Samopomoć I Podršku

Rozman

Marija²

2015

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The article shows the results of the cross-sectional study on a national level in Slovenia aimed at examining the differences in the perceived benefits for members (N = 639) in self-help and support groups regarding the helping characteristics of the group, perceived empowerment, and member influence on the group among group types. The group types were formed by the criteria of the target population, i.e. the topic of the group. The results confirmed the expected significant differences according to the general aim of the groups among some, but not all of the group types regarding: a) two factors of a group's helping characteristics, i.e. disclosure and acceptance, and learning coping strategies; and b) two factors of perceived empowerment, i.e. assertiveness and competency, and enhanced knowledge about society; and c) regarding the extent of a member's articlesLjetopis socijalnog rada 2015., 22 (3), 351-370 str. influence on the group. The findings suggest that active members are, in general, very satisfied with their groups, but the perceived benefits are not present to the same extent in all group types. The implications for further research and practice are being discussed.

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Self reliant groups from India to Scotland: lessons from south to north

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Mazzei²,

Baker³

2018

Community Development Journal

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There is a move towards partnership working across the global north and south but there remain questions about how to do it most effectively. This paper reports on the findings from a project that built a partnership between women in Scotland and India in order to transfer knowledge about Indian Self Help Groups. By creating peer to peer relationships that challenged traditional roles of ‘teacher’ and ‘learner’, the project was effective in transferring learning from south to north and generating meaningful outcomes for those involved. Despite the contextual differences, the successful transfer of key components of the model, savings, and loans, has led to a sense of empowerment in the Scottish women that is comparable to their Indian counterparts. As the project continues, it will be important that the dialogue between the partners continues, so there is ongoing learning as the Scottish groups expand and develop.

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The Development of Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Widowed and Abandoned Women Through Microcredit Self-Help Groups: The Case of Rural South India

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

From Brides to Business Owners: Microfinance and Women’s Entrepreneurship

From Brides to Business Owners: Microfinance and Women’s Entrepreneurship

Razlike U Percipiranim Koristima Članstva U Različitim Tipovima Grupa Za Samopomoć I Podršku

Self reliant groups from India to Scotland: lessons from south to north

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