Women Empowerment through Micro-credit: A Special Reference to Jaffna District

Abstract

The prime objective of this study is to identify the association between micro-credit and women empowerment by giving opportunity for self-employment and the impact of micro-credit on women empowerment as well. This study focuses on women empowerment through micro-credit under post-war development in Jaffna District selecting five rural areas which are Chankanai, Sandilipay, Vaddukoddai, Uduvil, and Kondavil in Jaffna District. The information has been gathered by primary data from the rural women in the above selected areas and 66 responded out of 77. From the results, it is concluded that the micro-credit has significant relationship and positively correlated (0.752) with empowerment at 0.01 significant levels and its impact is crucial as well. It is suggested that the micro-credit facilities are essential in empowering women and developing the women entrepreneurs under post-war development.