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MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE

MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE. SDC EXPERIENCES FROM THE CAPDECK PROGRAMME IN KERALA, INDIA. LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN INDIA. INDIAN CONSTITUTION AMENDED THREE TIER LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM URBAN AND RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ELECTIONS EVERY FIVE YEAR ONE THIRD RESERVATION FOR WOMEN

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MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE

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  1. MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE SDC EXPERIENCES FROM THE CAPDECK PROGRAMME IN KERALA, INDIA

  2. LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN INDIA • INDIAN CONSTITUTION AMENDED • THREE TIER LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM • URBAN AND RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS • ELECTIONS EVERY FIVE YEAR • ONE THIRD RESERVATION FOR WOMEN • FOCUS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE Zinal Workshop

  3. SDC AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN INDIA • CAPACITY BUILDING OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES • STRENGTHENING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN ELECTED BODIES • AWARENESS GENERATION OF GRAM SABHAs • PRE ELECTION VOTERS AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS • ADVOCACY AND POLICY INFLUENCING • KNOWLEDGE SHARING • GENDER SENSITISATION Zinal Workshop

  4. LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN KERALA • MAJOR EFFORTS IN DECENTRALISATION • FUNCTIONS, FUNCTIONARIES AND FUNCTIONS DEVOLVED • FOCUS ON PARTICIPATORY PLANNING • LAUNCHED PEOPLE’S PLAN CAMPAIGN • CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES • POLITICAL WILL FOR DECENTRALISATION Zinal Workshop

  5. KERALA PARADOX DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ATTRACTIVE BUT • ABSENCE OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC SPHERE • INCREASED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN • INTO A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY • WOMEN LESS EMPOWERED Zinal Workshop

  6. GENDER IN PARTICIPATORY PLANNING • ONE THIRD WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES • DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AS A TOOL FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT • WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN DEVELOPMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS • WOMEN COMPONENT PLAN • WOMEN SELF HELP GROUPS Zinal Workshop

  7. ISSUES OF CONCERN • PRACTICAL GENDER NEEDS ADDRESSED • STRATEGIC GENDER NEEDS IGNORED • TRIVIALISATION OF GENDER ISSUES • LACK OF AWARENESS • NO GENDER CONSIDERATION IN GOVERNANCE • NEED TO ASSESS THE STATUS Zinal Workshop

  8. CAPDECK PROGRAMME Capacity Development for Decentralisation in Kerala • Supports Development of a Training System • Facilitates Civil Society Interventions to Strengthen Local Governance • Platforms for Knowledge Management Zinal Workshop

  9. BUILDING CAPACITY • DECENTRALISED TRAINING SYSTEM BY KILA 2. LOCAL INITIATIVES • STRENGTHENING VILLAGE ASSEMBLY • MAKING LGs INSTITUTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE • EMPOWERING THE MARGINALISED AND CBOs • MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE 3. PLATFORMS AS INTERPHASE Zinal Workshop

  10. STRATEGY • PILOT INTERVENTIONS • BUILT MODELS • DISSEMINATED/OPENED FOR DISCUSSION • BROUGHT IN AUTHORITIES AND INSTITUTIONS • UPSCALING WITH THEIR INVOLVEMENT • MAINSTREAMING BY THEM Zinal Workshop

  11. GENDER STATUS STUDY • LG LEVEL GENDER STATUS • NEEDS A METHODOLOGY • PILOT INTERVENTIONS BY FOUR LGs • FACILITATED BY NGO PARTNER • PROCESS ITSELF A SENSITISATION • ENSURING PEOPLE’S INVOLVEMENT Zinal Workshop

  12. GENDER STATUS STUDY • CORE TEAM • DISCUSSIONS AND ORIENTATION • FOCUS GROUPS AND KEY INFORMANTS • HOUSEHOLD AND INSTITUTION SURVEYS • DISCUSSIONS IN LG AND VILLAGE ASSEMBLY • SUGGESTIONS FOR PLAN AND GOVERNANCE Zinal Workshop

  13. FOLLOW UP • STATE GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER • MANUALS FOR GENDER PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING • PREPARED BY THE PARTNER NGO • GENDER STATUS STUDY BY MORE LGs • JOINT EFFORT OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT, KILA-CAPDECK AND PARTNER NGO Zinal Workshop

  14. JAAGRATHA SAMITHI • MEANS VIGILANCE COMMITTEE • QUASI JUDICIAL BODY IN LGs • TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRL CHILDREN • TO MAINSTREAM GENDER IN DECENTRALISATION Zinal Workshop

  15. A NON-STARTER • LACK OF CLARITY • NO OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES • NO ENVIRONMENT CREATION • NO SUPPORT MECHANISMS • NO CAPACITY BUILDING • INADEQUATE MONITORING Zinal Workshop

  16. MAKING IT FUNCTIONAL • SIX LGs AS SDC-CAPDECK SUPPORTED PILOTS • PARTNER NGOs • LEADERSHIP BY STATE WOMEN’S COMMISSION • CONCEPTUAL CLARITY ESTABLISHED • VARIOUS METHODOLOGIES EVOLVED • CONSOLIDATION OF LEARNINGS Zinal Workshop

  17. UPSCALING • STATE GOVERNMENT ISSUES GUIDELINES • JOINT TRAINING PROGRAMMES BY WOMEN’S COMMISSION AND KILA WITH SDC AND GOVT SUPPORT • MONITORING SYSTEM DEVELOPED • ALL LGs FORM JAAGRATHA SAMITHI Zinal Workshop

  18. KEY TO SUCCESS • BUILDING FROM PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN • PILOTS TO MAINSTREAM • FLEXIBLE, TRIAL AND ERROR APPROACH • TOOK INSTITUTIONS INTO CONFIDENCE • FACILITIATING, NOT LEADING • OWNED BY PEOPLE AND LOCAL GOVERNEMENTS Zinal Workshop

  19. LIMITATIONS • ADDRESSING GENDER ISSUES IN A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY • DIFFICULT FOR A PROJECT TO INFLUENCE SOCIO CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES • ANY INTERVENTIONS IN GOVERNANCE IN A DYNAMIC POLITICAL SOCIETY IS SENSITIVE Zinal Workshop

  20. CHALLENGES • SUSTAINABILITY • GETTING GENDER INTO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF GOVERNANCE Zinal Workshop

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