Women Leaders in Village Panchayats

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“To be a Panchayat leader means that I have been chosen by the people of my village, and entrusted by the Constitution to lead m ...

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Contributors The Hunger Project & Partners Compiled & Edited by Radha Khan Special Thanks to Sreshtha Saraswat & Pra ...

FOREWORD One hundred and eighteen elected women leaders have been profiled in the second volume of “Women Leaders in Village Pan ...

Elected women representatives profiled from these States Uttarakhand Tamil Nadu ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS ASSAM ARUNACHAL PRADESH BIHAR HIMACHAL PRADESH JAMMU & KASHMIR KARNATAKA MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA ORISS ...

i INTRODUCTION This publication by The Hunger Project is a continuation of its earlier effort to profile the work done by electe ...

ii The second reason is there are still critics who maintain that women leaders act only as proxies for their male relatives. If ...

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My ward consists of 450 households spread across three villages of Kasagaral Nawhalia, Nanhalia, and Humari gaon in Assam. Havin ...

My first tryst with village level politics was back in 1992 when I was elected as a Ward member. In my first tenure, I was not a ...

I am 35 years old and have studied up to Class x. I have two sons. I became the President of the Hensua gram Panchayat after a n ...

My Panchayat, Uttar Pashim Sarigaon lies on the banks of the Kokila River. I have studied until Class VI and have had considerab ...

Being the oldest daughter among four brothers and two sisters, I could not complete my graduation. I had to help my father, a fa ...

some schools in the Panchayat called ‘Amar Parashali’, under the Education guarantee Scheme, where children from all age groups ...

I am 46 years old, from a family comprising four sisters. When I was eight years old, I lost my parents, but with my own effort, ...

I am 37 years old and have passed High School. I was elected Ward Member in the Panchayat elections after defeating two other co ...

I was married even before I turned 18. I could not even complete my schooling before marriage. However, my husband was supportiv ...