Promoting Women’s Political Leadership in Governance in India and South Asia

Commissioner, AMR-APARD Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh South India

APARD  APARD - Nodal Agency for Capacity Building and Trainings for Andhra Pradesh.  Well Equipped state of the Art, Training Infrastructure.  Judicious blend of Trainers drawn from Administration, Academia & Executives of Government Programmes.  All Faculty Trained by DoPT, GOI.

Present Activities  Capacity Building of Elected Panchayati Raj Representatives  Capacity Building of PR and RD functionaries on BRGF, RGSY, MGNREGS-AP, Watersheds, L to L, WES, etc.,  Disaster Management Trainings.  Training to Revenue officials.  Water and Sanitation IEC Activities for UNICEF  Capacity building of NGOs on HIV/AIDS for NACO.  Model Accounting System.

Current Initiatives  UNWOMEN – Promoting Women’s Leadership  Facilitated TNA for NIRD and UNWOMEN  Conducted TNA for Ward Members,Sarpanches, MPTCs and MPPs  Facilitated TNA on PESA for NIRD  PESA – Empowering EPRs in Scheduled areas of AP.  Capacity Building of functionaries under IAP in LWE Districts  All these programmes run on the Platform of APARD’s Current methodology for Synergizing Local Governance and Development Structures through KEYCAP/L2L and BNV.

APARD’s Initiatives for Empowering Leaders of Vulnerable Social Segments.  Specially Targeted Training Programmes for:  Scheduled Caste  Scheduled Tribes  Women  Women SC and ST EPRs

APARD’s endeavors for Empowering Women Leaders S. NoParticulars of the Category No. of Women Members Trained 1.ZPP07 2.ZPTC368 3.MPP366 4.MPTC Sarpanches Ward Members73252 Total86793

UNWOMEN Project Area in AP Srikakulam Vizianagaram Mahabubnagar  These three districts are predominantly backward, Scheduled and tribal areas.  Srikakulam and Vizianagaram are LWE/IAP Districts.  Vizianagaram & Mahabubnagar are BRGF Districts.

Details of Women EPRs in State & Project Area Districts S. No Particular s of the category No. of Women ERs in the state Mahbub nagar SrikakulamVizianagaram 33%50%33%50%33%50%33%50% 1.ZPP ZPTC MPP MPTC Sarpanche s Ward Members

Suggested Strategy  KEYCAP approach for Women Political Leadership  Mobilization of women in every Grama Panchayat to nurture Political Leadership through KEYCAP  Leveraging our Training Design for Women and our Training Methodology of Sculpting BNVs  Specially produced inspirational films for Training Women Elected Representatives

What is KEYCAP? Knowledgeable and Empowered Community is the Key to Community Development in Andhra Pradesh

BNV  Strategy for Organization of a Village based cadre of Volunteers to accelerate Rural Development and achieve the Goals of Inclusive Development.  S/he is the last mile human connectivity between Government and Community

BNVs for Women’s Leadership  Imbibe and Foster Leadership qualities for Governance through 3 E strategy  Empathy  Ethics  Empowerment

Representation CommunicatingFacilitatingUse of Power Decision Making Policy Making Enabling Environment Negotiating FinancingOverseeing Institution Building Leadership Recast Training Strategy

Use of ICT Tools Audio Visual Aids  Women in Panchayat Raj  Institutional Services of Government for Welfare of Women & Children.  Leadership  Nutritional Need of Pregnant Women  Role of Panchayat Raj in Girl education  A Renewed resurgence led by ‘Kotala’  Sculpting BNVs by APARD  Prevention of Disabilities among Children  People’s Participation in Development  Grama Sabha  Domestic Voilence

 CBTs  Monthly Magazine-Sthanika Palana  Video Conference  SAPNET/Door Darshan  Help Line  APARD’s Website  Social Media  You Tube  Face book  Twitter