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Abstract
Empowerment of women has become a subject of growing importance around the world in contemporary times. Empowerment is a process of improving women’s control over resources, ideology and self. It is a process of enlarging the entitlements and choices of women. Poverty is the biggest challenge in India’s development efforts to bring about a perceptible change in the quality of life of the people. In India, a vast section of its population suffers from malnutrition, unemployment, and poor health care. Therefore the present study focused on the Self Help Groups and its Role on Rural Women Empowerment in Coimbatore District. The present study is based on primary data collected from the women SHG members of Coimbatore District. There are about 14 types of works; purposively a large number of women engaged four type of business. So these four group members were selected for the survey.