Subject(s): Women in Economic conditions -- Women in Political activity -- Women in Social conditions -- Empowerment -- Leadership -- Perceptions of empowering, empowering poor women in urban governance, finding out what people need, building sustainable groups, group savings and credit, planning for a supporting micro enterprise, generating ideas, busines planning, effective networking and convergence, characteristics of a trainer, principles and conditions for adult learning, training needs assessment, designing training programs, session planning, communication for a trainer, session planning, communication for a trainer, training methods, lecture method, visual aids -- Writing training material, evaluating of training, implementing the training program, self help group promotes, formation of groups, objectives and rules of groups, mobilizing savings of members, lending to members, keeping records, some DOS and don'ts for financial management of SHGs, decision making, leadership, stages in growth of groups, monitoring of self help groups, empowerment, convergence of service, participatory rural appraisal, crime against women- perspective, civil disobedience movement and active participation of women, women's role in individual satyagraha and quit India movement, women's involvement in politics in India, non cooperation movement and beginning of political unrest among women -- women empowerment