Mahila Samakhya: A path to empower women?, Mahila Samakhya’s Impact on social and economic change: Building on the evidence

Abstract

Socio-economic empowerment of women is expected to bring about a transformation in intra-household decision making process through changes in normative gender roles. • We study the impact of Mahila Samakhya Program (MS), a women’s empowerment program, on women’s level of education and age at marriage. • It is the first national study on performance of MS using nationally representative data.