Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari; Dr. Subhan Quraishi; Dr. Babita Ghodke

Volume : I, Issue : III, August - 2012

Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari, Dr. Subhan Quraishi, Dr. Babita Ghodke

Abstract :

Sarvodaya means �development of all�. Gandhiji�s concept of development is Sarvodaya through Antyodaya, implying the welfare of all through the weakest of the society. Principles of cooperation and collective endeavour are central to the society. Women remain the most deprived and long–neglected segment of the society, despite of the Constitutional guarantees for equal rights and privileges for men and women.Development is a process of Empowerment. Microfinance through women Self–Help Groups (SHGs) is a significant medium of poverty alleviation and empowerment of women. SHGs formed by women in different places have proved that they could indeed ing about a change in the mindset of the very conservative and tradition–bound illiterate women in rural areas. The concept of group formation is the best strategy to enlighten women and provide necessary mental courage for self–employment.This paper makes a strong case for SHGs as a new development paradigm for inging about gender equity among rural women in India by creating self–employment opportunities through microcredit. The study is based on the premise that poor women can internalise production possibilities in groups only. They are betterequipped to overcome the negative social pressure and gender biases operating against them through group identity and activity. However, the relationship of credit access to self–employment is not automatic but depends on various factors. In reality the Microfinance experiment faces many hurdles which have to be overcome if poverty has to be referred back to the museum. This article promotes Gandhian Studies Centres as catalysts in addition to Government, Banks and Non Governmental Organisations to promote entrepreneurship through adult literacy, training facilities and marketing facilities to SHGs. This Paper is divided into three sections. Section 1 is an introduction explaining Gandhian principles and the concept of empowerment. The significance of Microfinance and Self–Help Groups is described in Section 2. Section 3 explains the role of catalysts like the Government, Banks, Non Government Organisations and above all Gandhian Studies Centres in overcoming the various hurdles faced by SHGs in order to make them sustainable.