Women's Empowerment and Health Poverty: The Effects of Women's Self Help Groups in Himachal Pradesh. April 22nd, 2015. In India, where poverty is still a large issue, 70{2879bc8f2cf0c7badc0ba0b91bc88170008fa0b1cee68ceb4afb7fd46d4bfeb9} of the Below the Poverty Line (BPL) population is made up of …