Level |
Major Issues |
Strategies |
Outcome |
Self as a
power
Center |
- Lack of exposure,
- Lack of Confidence,
- Poor self esteem
- Lack of participation in decision making
- Illiteracy/ years of gap in women’s education
- Lack of knowledge about village politics and Panchayat affairs
- Fear, anxiety and pressure to perform
- Restrictions based on caste, class and religious ideologies,
- Economic dependence,
- Threat of all sorts of Violence in home and outside
|
- BOSS Course
- Abhinandan Patra (Congratulatory Certificates/ letters) and Melava (Felicitation program)
- Women Leadership Workshops and Training of Trainers
- Perspective Building Workshops
- Ideal Sarpanch Award in Conventions (Adarsh Sarpanch/ Karbharni)
- Information Dissemination (Karbharni Annual & Quarterly magazine, other need based material, reflexive games like Governance Snake and Ladder games etc)
- Membership and I card
- Crisis Support
- Involving women in (Protests and del egations) Dharna Morcha
|
- Increases self confidence and Dignity
- Increase in awareness and knowledge
- Creates a new Identity in women
- Struggle for Value based governance
- Change in perspective
- Courage to take up issues independently
|
Family as a
power
Center |
·Restrictions on mobility,
·Lack of support,
·Interference by husband,
·Burden of household responsibility,
·Doubt on character,
·Non-cooperation,
·Ego issues and jealousy |
- Parivar Sanman Patra (Family Felicitation),
- Jodi Sanman (Joint husband wife felicitation)
- Dialogue with son’s of Jyotiba
- Involving family members in MRA activities
|
- Increase their Social acceptance
- Turning interfer ence into support
- Increase in women’s status within family
- Increase in family status
- Acceptance of women as political actors
- More space for women in decision making
|
Village as a
local power
Center |
- Strong Traditional Power centers
- Patriarchal Stereotypes,
- Control and pressure of influential and powerful people,
- Domination of Caste, class, religious ideologies,
- Various political parties,
- Vested interest groups,
- Women are not a homogenous category,
- Corruption and other mal-practice
|
- Gram Panchayat Darshan (Visit to Gram Panchayat Campaign)
- Gram Sabha Gaurav,
- Savitri Gatha,
- (Adarsh Gaon) Ideal Village Award
- VAG Campaign and Yuvati Sunvai
- Election Campaign
- Gaon Shakha Village Branch
- Panchayat Raj Women’s Front
|
- Change in development agenda
- Reaching out to the
- marginalized sections
- Awareness building on new issues
1. Creation of new support systems
2.Rapport building and alliance with various stakeholders
3.Effective and efficient GP
- Change in power equations
|
Institutional
power
centers |
- Insensitive bureaucracy,
- Non-cooperation by the higher authorities,
- Lack of Support and encouragement
- Corruption,
- Poor linkage from state to the village
|
- Hisob Dakhwa Abhiyaan (Show us accounts Campaign),
- Joint House Ownership Campaign
- Panchayati Raj Resource Centers
- Campaign on 10 % & 15% Reserved Budget
- 33% +++ Campaign
- Convention
- Protest and delegation programs
|
- Creating new practices to change situation
- Cross Section Alliances
- Implementation of Government
- Resolutions and orders
- Sensitizing the bureaucracy
- Changing the mindset and perspective of people
|