Building leadership capacity in women: an NGO in India's initiative towards women members of SHGs. Issue 7 (2nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bryan, Venise; Mendaglio, Salvatore
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 30:Issue 7(2020)
• Page Start: 839
• Page End: 849
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02
• Subjects: Civil society – NGOs -- women empowerment and authentic leadership -- self help groups (SHGs) -- Aid – capacity development -- South Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1701988
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

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.