The document discusses rural women's empowerment through MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) in Kerala, India. It outlines the scheme's objectives of guaranteed wage employment and empowering rural communities. In Kerala, factors like work nature, male outmigration, and programs like Kudumbasree have encouraged high women participation. Kudumbasree, a women-focused poverty alleviation program, helps implement MGNREGS. This has led to increased earnings and decision-making power for women as well as strengthening their economic independence and status in households. The document concludes that linking MGNREGS with women's self-help groups like Kudumbasree can significantly empower rural