While the Contribution of Women to the Economies of Developingcountries Is Critical, Women Rarely Find Employment In the Regulated Unionizedsectors of These Countries, and Are Found Instead In Overwhelming Numbers Inthe Sector That Is Variously Termed ‘Unorganized’, ‘Unprotected’,‘Unregistered’ or ‘Informal’. Although Producers’ Groups and Collectives Havebeen Considered a Way Forward In Promoting Gender Empowerment In the Informalsector, the Process to Organize and Develop These Grass-Root Initiatives Arechallenging In a Variety of Ways, some of the Impediments Arising from Women’Slack of Bargaining Power With Outsiders and Lack of Internal Inclusiveness Ofits Own Members. Empowerment of Women Meansequipping Women to Be Economically Independent, Self-Reliant, Have a Positiveself-Esteem to Enable Them to Face any Difficult Situation and They Should Beable to Participate In Development Activities and In the Process of Decisionmaking. It Has Been Globally Recognized That Women’S Empowerment Can Be Wellpaying Strategy For Overall Economic and Social Development. This Has Resultedinsignificant Changes In the Approach to Assist, Women In a Continuum Rangingfrom Welfare to Development. Entrepreneurship Development Among Women Is Oneactivity That Promises Encouraging Results. the Present Study Is an Attempt to Studythe Socioeconomic Background of the Women Entrepreneurs and to Assess the Roleof Micro-Enterprises In the Empowerment of Women In Terms of Economic, Socialand Psychologic ...