Poverty is gender-specific because women suffer from systematic social injustice due to their gender. They are exploited and oppressed not only as human being but also as women. The economic independence has been identified as a precondition for attaining women’s freedom. Thus, DWCRA – a sub-scheme of IRDP has been introduced with a broader objective of raising the economic status of women with the hope of improving their social status too. Therefore, the ...
