Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas through Social Entrepreneurship

Men & women both are two wheels of society and contribution of both is very essential for building healthy nation. There are around six lakh forty thousand villages in India and more than 70% of our population lives in villages. In rural sector 73% of the male and 30% of the female were in the labour force. About 66% of the female population in the rural sector is idle & unutilized. Even after 75 years of the independence women in India are struggling. They have to face various socio-economic problems. But now the Scenario is changing fast with development of social entrepreneurship in rural areas. Social entrepreneurs are people who have noticed a need in their community or somewhere in the world, and have come up with a way of remedying that issue. The remedy could be creative, innovative, “out of the box,” etc... Since most entrepreneurs tend to think in this manner. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change. In general, social entrepreneurs did not start out with the goal of making money, but in the long run, switch to a for-profit business. Social entrepreneurs in Indian scenario are mainly NGO’s who aims at balanced economic growth of India by empowering rural India through innovative practices. Social entrepreneurs lead grassroots efforts with an innovative idea that drive social change in the lives of rural women. This has laid to economic empowerment of women in rural areas of India through training and development. Key words: (Social Entrepreneurship, NGO’s and Women Empowerment)