Women Empowerment
Strengthen women’s equal participation in rural local self governance
(Panchayati Raj Institutions) and address gender issues
Developing capacity and providing handholding support to women elected leaders to actively participate in decision making processes and governing, ensuring democratic leadership.
Developing capacity of women voters through self help groups to engage in Annual Action Plan of the Village Council or Gram Panchayats (GPs), contribute in implementation and monitoring of service delivery & create strong support base for the women leaders.
Key Impact Highlights
- 77 Women Elected Representatives strengthened, with 75% actively participating in local governance and 74% attending all Gram Panchayat meetings regularly.
- Women’s leadership beyond office: 63% of WERs lead or co-lead neighbourhood awareness programmes and case follow-ups with community women’s groups; 30% actively intervene in gender-based violence cases.
- Grassroots democratic engagement scaled: 250+ neighbourhood meetings held annually, reaching 5,000+ women, with 83% of Women elected leaders convening these dialogues ahead of Gram Sansad Sabhas.
- Community priorities formally represented: 130+ neighbourhood action plans submitted every year at Gram Sansad Sabhas.
- Revitalised local democracy: 76% of Gram Sansads (64 of 84) conducted effective, open public meetings, transforming what are often paper-based processes into meaningful civic forums for 1,000+ voters per constituency
Social Mobilization, Institutional Development and Social Entrepreneurship in the community through Nari jagarn Committees/Samities
Strategies
Strengthen women by activating their understanding of gender equality, governance and rights to enable them mobilize themselves into Community Watch Committees popularly called Nari Jagaran Committees in order to stand by the side of women/children facing violence and promote rights issues of the marginalized.
Enable them to become active voters and demand for their entitlements & accountability from the local self governance particularly in terms of addressing issues of violence & gender inequality and push for their inclusion into Village Council Annual Plan and Budget.
Encourage self expression through creation and strengthening of Theatre Groups and any other form that community women bring forward.
Key Impact | Nari Jagaran Committees
- NJC women leaders enter electoral politics: 12 NJC members contested Gram Panchayat elections—9 were elected, while 3 lost by margins of less than 50 votes.
- Nari Jagaran Committees formally integrated into Gram Panchayat facilitation teams.
- NJCs engage 931 women, with 200+ active community leaders driving local monitoring, mobilisation, and collective action.
- NJCs mobilised communities to develop 150+ neighbourhood plans annually, directly feeding into Gram Sansad planning processes.
- 4 NJCs conduct democratic elections, and 5 NJCs manage bank accounts with own savings.
- 165 cases of gender based violence addressed in 2025 with 105 survivors supported and integrated as NJC members, alongside 100+ awareness camps conducted annually.
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