Abstract

Abstract: The individual identity of women in today’s world has changed significantly. Women empowerment help them tobuild an identity of their own. Women empowerment includes different activities undertaken helping in improving theirsocial, economic and political status in the world. It also equips them to improve their wellbeing. It gets reflected both inexternal and internal qualities. Self-help Groups (SHG) are novel and innovative organizational setup in India for the womenupliftment and welfare. Self-help groups are informal groups of individuals who come together and find ways to improvetheir living conditions. The study is designed to assess the women empowerment through self-help groups in Malappuramdistrict. Methodology adopted for the study is survey method and sample consists of 200 self-help group women. The studywas conducted with specially formulated interview schedule. The study reveals that the life style of the subjects showedimprovement by joining the SHG’s. The respondents attained decision making skills and better status in the family andsociety. Majority of respondents showed better and greater awareness of nutrition and food hygiene practices. In short, theempowerment of women enhanced their social and economic independence.Keywords: Women Empowerment, Self-Help Group (SHG) ,Awareness, Nutrition and Food Hygiene Practices