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

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

2. Commissioner, AMR-APARD Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh South India

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. APARD’s endeavors for Empowering Women Leaders

8. 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.

9. Details of Women EPRs in State & Project Area Districts

10. 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

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

12. 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

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

14. Recast Training Strategy

15. 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

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

21. http:// www.apard.gov.in