Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.29173/cjnser688

Publication Title

Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research

Volume

15

Issue

2

Pages

1-24

Abstract

Civic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India. Using an exploratory factor analysis of survey data from n = 815 respondents who participated in Heifer’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development [VBHCD] training, the study identifies three factors that constitute civic and community engagement. Next, the study assesses the efficacy of VBHCD’s impact on participants’ civic and community engagement relative to participants’ duration in the program and type of self-help group. The results indicate that pass-on groups are more civically active in their community than original groups. However, civic and community engagement wanes over the course of participation in Heifer’s intervention.

Rights

© 2024 Kirk Leach, Mirivel Julien, Tusty ten Bensel, Avinash Thombre.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

ORCID

0000-0001-8170-447X (Leach)

Original Publication Citation

Leach, K., Julien, M., ten Bensel, T., & Thombre, A. (2024). Civic and community engagement among poor rural women in Bihar: A pilot study. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 15(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.29173/cjnser688

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