Abstract: Against the backdrop of the successful completion of poverty alleviation goals, it is urgent to go beyond the perspective of poverty reduction and scientifically analyze and evaluate the impact of relocation policies on women’s groups from a comprehensive development perspective. Previous studies related to relocation have mostly used quantitative methods to analyze the poverty reduction effects and mechanisms of policies, with less emphasis on qualitative analysis. Based on this, based on on-site research and interviews with resettlement communities in Shaanxi, Guizhou and other provinces, this study explores the path and mechanism of the impact of relocation policies on rural women’s poverty alleviation and discovery from the perspective of feasible capacity theory, which has been rarely studied in the past, in order to clarify the logic of the role of policies on women’s groups. Research has found that women’s ability to achieve poverty alleviation and development after relocation is mainly due to the "pulling force" formed by women’s active participation and subsequent assistance measures under family livelihood pressure, and the result of the interaction with the "push" formed by women’s passive participation as the main body of family and community construction after men go out to work; The impact of relocation policies on women’s poverty alleviation and development includes two paths: external conditions and internal potential. The external conditions include two dimensions: functional protection and development empowerment, while the internal potential includes two dimensions: capacity building and awareness shaping; Under the policy of relocation, it will have a dual impact on individual women and families. This conclusion can supplement research on public policy and women’s development.

Key words: poverty alleviation and relocation in relocation areas, women’s poverty alleviation, women’s development, feasible ability