Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens
This paper critically examines whether the Kudumbashree scheme of the Kerala government was successful in both reducing poverty and enhancing the social capital of women. The evidence shows that while Kudumbashree’s programmes made a significant contribution to Kerala’s broader efforts to reduce ab...
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This paper critically examines whether the Kudumbashree scheme of the Kerala government was successful in both reducing poverty and enhancing the social capital of women. The evidence shows that while Kudumbashree’s programmes made a significant contribution to Kerala’s broader efforts to reduce absolute poverty and empower women, not enough is being done to remove societal constraints on women’s roles and advancement.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8561f10e63b3401891471de3514b60242023-09-26T05:40:13ZengUTS ePRESSCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance1836-03942023-09-012810.5130/cjlg.vi28.8683Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lensShilpa Santhosh0Jindal School of Government and Public Policy This paper critically examines whether the Kudumbashree scheme of the Kerala government was successful in both reducing poverty and enhancing the social capital of women. The evidence shows that while Kudumbashree’s programmes made a significant contribution to Kerala’s broader efforts to reduce absolute poverty and empower women, not enough is being done to remove societal constraints on women’s roles and advancement. https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/8683Policygender and developmentself-help groupsmicrofinance |
| spellingShingle | Shilpa Santhosh Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance Policy gender and development self-help groups microfinance |
| title | Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens |
| title_full | Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens |
| title_fullStr | Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens |
| title_short | Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens |
| title_sort | kerala s celebrated kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction a critical look through a feminist lens |
| topic | Policy gender and development self-help groups microfinance |
| url | https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/8683 |
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