Impact of Self Help Groups (SHG) on women welfare indicators in Waliso Town, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was initiated to assess the impacts of self-help groups in women welfare indicators, investigate the welfare of women, identify the factors by using random sampling technique in cross sectional data types with propensity score match model to evaluate the treated and control group and identify the challenges encountered. Self help groups (SHG) face at unit and system levels and explore the contribution of social organizations in strengthening SHG. The study result revealed that self-help groups (SHG) are playing important role in determining the status of women in self-help groups (SHG) and the level of decision making in the group and at household level. The core point of this paper is that working impact of Self help group which contains the introduction part literature review methodology result and discussion and the conclusion and recommendation. Women are also advocating about women and their families in several occasions and are attracting the attention of the administration at different level as important partner. The income, asset accumulation, food and non food consumption expenditure and saving of women have shown improvement with the amount of loan they borrow from the inbox of the self-help groups (SHG). The welfare indicators that women incurred from the organization in Self help group make them more economically independent. Generally, the impact of self-help groups (SHGs) is magnificent in improving women welfare and makes themto be economically self-reliant. Types of occupation such as traditional alcohol work, preparing and selling dry “enjera”, animal fattening, the Communication and experience; saving and access to credit are significant and need more external support are more the focus of this stud