Mukhopadhyay, Dhrubaa

Insight into access and control: a pra exercise on women's control over household income, expenses and assets

This paper describes a PRA exercise on women's control over household income, expenses and assets. It aims to assist women members of self-help groups, and to understand how best to help them improve their situation. The study is centred on three women from three different families: a resource surplus family, the poorest family of the group, and a family headed by a women from the members of Annapurna Mahila Mandal (AMM) of Sarbindha village in Godda district of Jharkhand. The study compares household income, assets, and expenses.