The objective of the paper is to highlight the empowerment of unorganized women workers, the relationship between the micro finance assistance and the empowerment of unorganized women workers and the influence of micro finance assistance on the empowerment of unorganized women workers in Tirunelveli District. The study is descriptive in nature and is based on primary data. Primary data was enumerated from a field survey in the study area, Tirunelveli District. 155 Handicraft, Handloom, Palm Works, Pot making workers, 112 tailoring workers, 343 construction workers, 78 street vendors and 53 domestic workers from the area of study have been considered to conduct the present study. A structured interview schedule was prepared and used for collecting data from the unorganised women workers. Index, ANOVA, Correlation analysis, Regression analysis and mean score analysis are used for the analysis of the data. It is concluded that the micro finance has impacted the empowerment of unorganized women workers.

KEYWORDS: Micro finance, empowerment, unorganized women workers and influence of micro finance assistance.