Building leadership capacity in women: an NGO in India’s initiative towards women members of SHGs

Venise Bryan; Salvatore Mendaglio

doi:10.1080/09614524.2019.1701988

Building leadership capacity in women: an NGO in India’s initiative towards women members of SHGs

Venise Bryan, Salvatore Mendaglio

Faculty of Health Disciplines

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Abstract

Many NGOs in India strive to empower women to lead through various programmes, but their effectiveness in the participants’ lives is not known. This article reports on a descriptive cross-sectional study that used authentic leadership theory to explore an NGO’s self-help group programme’s ability to empower women by building their leadership capacity and self-efficacy to lead. Participants reported an increased capacity and self-efficacy to lead in their daily lives. Women who were in the programme for a longer period reported greater self-efficacy to lead, as compared to those who recently joined, showing the significance of women’s empowerment programmes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	839-849
Number of pages	11
Journal	Development in Practice
Volume	30
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2019.1701988
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct. 2020

Keywords

Aid–capacity development
Civil society–NGOs
South Asia
self help groups (SHGs)
women empowerment and authentic leadership

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