Gf

2. PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE:
• Participation
• Accountability
• Transparency
• Responsiveness
• Inclusiveness
• Equity
• Upholding the right

3. Issues :
• How Gender Sensitive are current Governance Institution
and Process?
• Has reservation empower the women if so to what extent?
• What is the degree of their inclusion in the rural power
structure?
• Do the women decide on their own to context in the
election?
• How do they involve themselves in electioneering?
• How do they discharge their functions while holding public
office?
• How do they respond to the challenges from the family,
community, political party, officials and others?
• Can they be the change makers? Why not?

4. ANALYSIS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FROM DIFFERENT
DIMENSIONS
• Life cycle Approach
• Community Approach
• Sectoral Approach
• Gender point of view
• Livelihood Approach
• Power dynamics

5. AREA OF CHALLENGES
• Representation
• Participation
• Opportunities
• Decision making process
• Need and Priorities
• Division of Public and private space
• Access, ownership and control over
resources

6. PANCHAYATIRAJ DEPARTMENT
• Reservation of 50% of seats in Panchayati Raj
Institutions
• Reservation of the seat of vice chairperson in each
tier in such places where the chairperson’s seat is
reserved for male.
• Minimum 30% attendance of women in Gram
sabha for quram
• Minimum 10% of attended voters of Pallisabha
should be women
• The fourth standing committee on each tier
consist of only Women elected PRI members.

7. PANCHAYATIRAJ DEPARTMENT
MGNREGS :
Minimum 33% of the unskilled labourer should be women.
Equal wage for male and female.
Crèche facility for the children less than 6 year at the work site.
Preference to give work to women nearby their house.
DAY NLRM :
Formation of SHG & Federation
Skill development
Linkage with the bank
Promotion of market
Information dissemination on different social issues
PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA :
Preference to the houseless single women
Joint work order in the name of husband & wife

8. WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
• Integrated Child Development Scheme
• Kishori Sakti yojna and Sabala (9 districts)
• Mamata &Indira Gandhi Matrutya Sahayika yojna (2 districts –
Sundergarh, Bargarh)
• Beti bachao and Beti padhao (Nayagarh) & Biju Kanya Ratna
(Angul, Dhenkanal, Ganjam)
• Mission Sakti
• Child Line-Toll free no-1098
• Help Line-181
• Women & Child Desk
• Social Welfare Board
• State Resource Centre for Women
• Integrated child protection Scheme

9. HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT
• Janani Surakhya Yojna
• Adolescence Reproductive & Sexual Health
• Prevention of Anaemia through de worming and
iron plus initiative
• Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre
• Observation of Village Health & Nutrition Day
• Immunization
• Health Check up and referral service for women
& children

10. SCHOOL AND MASS EDUCATION
• Mid Day Meal
• Kasturiba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
• Provision for free uniform, scolarship
• Mothers Teacher Association
• Vocational and Life Skill Education
• Self Defence training
• Separate toilet for Girls

11. What can be done?
• Reservation is not the panacea; but it throws up
an excellent opportunity
• Moving from critical mass to critical action
• Capacity Building
• Changing rotation rules
• Deepening of democracy
• Interface between Self-Help Groups and elected
women representatives
• Federating elected women

12. What can be done?
• Mobilize competent women to contest
• Capacity building to meet their specific
requirements/ problems.
• Establish Gender Budgeting and
• Women component plans
• Ensuring transparency and accountability
• Provide a support structure
– In the office
– In the family and
– In the society