SOCIAL INCLUSION OF IRULA WOMEN IN VILLUPURAM DISTRICT THROUGH PAZHANGUDI MAKKAL MUNNANI

Abstract

This paper presents the Social Inclusion of Irula women in Villupuram District through Pazhangudi Makkal Munnani(NGO). This NGO is exclusively working for Irula tribe. The Founder of the NGO is from Irula Tribe. Social inclusion is playing an important role to transform any society. This study is based on descriptive method. Three regional blocks (Gingee, Dindivanam and Vanur)are taken for the study. Interview, discussion and observation methods were used for data collection. The social inclusion of Irula women and developmental works carried out byPazhangudi Makkal Munnnai in the fields of getting caste certificates, construction of houses, empowering Irula women through conducting awareness programme, providing water facility, empowering widows by giving entrepreneurship training, providing electrical facility and Covid-19 pandemic relief measures to Irula women.