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PRAGATI - Panchayati Rule And Gender
Awareness Training Institute.
All Women Organisation- Based in Dehradun, in
the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Operates on Democratic Principle - By the
women, for the women and of the women.
To Attain Gender Equity- In Local Governance in
the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand and Haryana .
Resource Centre- Caters to Defined needs of
Women Elected Functionaries and the Women.
MISSION- TO ENHANCE
THE STATUS OF WOMEN
IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC
AND POLITICAL SPHERES.
Water
Health
Better in
women led
Panchayats
Educati
on
Sanitati
on
AWARENESS
The Pre Election Phase of Electorate
Voter Literacy, Mock Elections.
INITIATION
The During Election Phase – strengthening
Prospective Women candidates to contest, Filling
Nominations, Strategise, Election Campaigns.
LEADERSHIP
The Post Election Phase – on Women Leadership
Training on Roads, Responsibility, Increased
Functional skill Advanced and Follow Up Training.
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PRAGATIs Lobby and Advocacy Initiatives have resulted in the
state of Uttarakhand is first in the country to pass the Landmark
bill titled “The Uttarakhand Panchayat Law (Amendment) Bill
2008” .
It brings 50% reservation in Panchayats for women.
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PRAGATI made a Presentation before the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Personal, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
(June, 2007) on the issue of sensitizing the members on “Nyaya
Panchayat”.
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PRAGATI has developed the Uttarakhand State Module for the Rajiv
Gandhi Foundation and is currently developing a multi-mode
training for the elected representatives through distance
education.
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Afghanistan and the Government of India signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
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PRAGATI has been requested to depute its experts
to train the Local Self Governance representatives
of Afghanistan.
 Open Forum : annual Interface meeting organised for 1000
Elected Women Functionaries with represenation from other states
also.
LEGAL STATUS OF THE ORGANISATION
PRAGATI has emerged as an independent and autonomous All Women’s
Organization and is registered under Societies Registration Act 1860
and under the FCRA, which gives it the independence of accepting
Foreign Funds.
SUPPORT Us
In our endeavor to strengthen women leadership in governance, we
are looking for the vital support of organizations to take this mission
forward.
TRAINING - Trainings have also been imparted on issues
relating to gender, legal awareness, skill development (income
generation activities) leadership and communication.
Women learning how to make
vermicompost
PREPARATION OF IEC - Based upon the needs
of the community IEC material in the form of
books, flash cards etc. were prepared having
localized content. Also to ensure effectiveness
of the training program modules were
prepared.
PC TO PC - At the end of each training program prestamped and self-Addressed PCs- Post Cards were
distributed to the participants so that they can
approach the PRAGATI team for any assistance,
Clarification or information in future.
Postcards - An effective feedback mechanism
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The project was implemented in two districts of Uttarakhand
state of India i.e. Dehradun and Haridwar district.
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The project was being implemented in Chakrata, Vikasnagar
and Kalsi Blocks of Dehradun district and Roorkee, Laksar and
Bahadrabad Blocks of Haridwar district.
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The trainings imparted under the project have substantially
raised the awareness of the Elected Women Representatives
(EWRs), Self Help Group members and other men and
women.
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Issues relating to good governance, relationship between
governance and community participation, gender
awareness, leadership etc, were the topics of discussion
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Being meted out to them, any cohesion being used to
prevent them from discharging their duties as Panchayati
Raj functionaries.
Trainer motivating the woman to file the nomination
during election.
Dr. Justice V. S. Malimath, Chairman, Karnataka Law Commission interacting with
the EWRs during the training
Dr. Justice V. S. Malimath , Chairman, Karnataka Law
Commission and former Chief Justice of Kerala and Karnataka
High Court while interacting with the participants focused on
the active participation of women in the different fields of
health, nutrition and education. He shared that the women
should make themselves aware about the different schemes
being run for their development.
Women from Mori, Bageshwar, Jaunpur and Dehradun called for a symbolic AntiLiquor Rally creating a pressure on men to cut down on their drinking habits. Thus,
addressing the issue of alcoholism in the state.
Anganwadi centre in Khaskoti, Block Jaunpur, Dist.
Tehri was not running effectively as the woman
incharge stayed in a distant place. The SHG women
along with others took her to task as a result of which
she started commuting to the centre everyday. The
centre runs well now.
The women played a major role in improving the
sanitation condition of the village by getting toilets
constructed. Previously the money for such work was
not utilized, but now the women approached the
Pradhan and got them constructed wherever needed.
In village Sendul, Block Jaunpur, Dist. Tehri, the
unavailability of ration was making the living for people
very difficult. The women conducted a meeting and
decided to send a written declaration to the District
Magistrate.
This step was appreciated and acknowledged and the
concerned retailer of the ration shop was removed by
the D.M. As of now, proper ration is available on time in
the village
“Women’s Empowerment Programme in
Yamuna Nagar District”
Haryana Wakf Board
Panchayati Rule and Gender Awareness Training Institute
(PRAGATI) has implemented the project titled “Women
Empowerment Program Through Self-Help Groups”
 In Chhachhrauli, Bilaspur and Sadora blocks of district Yamuna
Nagar as part of Phase-I.
The project was implemented in 40 villages with special focus
on the Muslim minority women.
The success of Phase I led to the implementation of Phase II
which extended its geographical coverage to 12 new villages.
Phase III was carried out in 8 new villages.
The latest Phase IV covered 5 new villages. Hence, a grand
total of 40 villages have been covered under this project.
Phase I
District
Block
Villages
Chhachhrauli
Nagalpati,
Bombepur,
Hafizpur,
Bhengedi, Daulatpur, Jaitpur, Fakir
Majra, Chuharpur Mangal Singh,
Mahidinpur.
Swabri, Naiwala, Buddhi, Bijoli,
Bahadurpur, Gadhwali.
Yamuna Nagar
Bilaspur
Total villages covered = 15
Phase II
District
Block
Villages
Chhachhrauli
Faizpur,
Yamuna Nagar
Total villages covered = 12
Muzafatkhurd,
Kotda,
Ledakhadar, Behlolpur
Bilaspur
Majri, Sultanpur, Rajpura
Sadora
Kandaiwala, Chanchak, Kotla, Sangoli
Phase III
District
Yamuna Nagar
Block
Villages
Chhachhrauli
Meguwala, Baniyonwala
Bilaspur
Ranipur kala, Parbholi,
Sadora
Navaan
Goan*,
Ratoli,
Jamnawala, Islam Nagar
Total villages covered = 8
*After Need Assessment Naandi was dropped and Navaan Gaon adopted.
Phase IV
District
Block
Villages
Yamuna Nagar
Chhachhrauli
Dasaura, Yaakubpur
Sadora
Fadalpur,
Pilkhanvala
Mirzapur,
A broad outline of the activities which PRAGATI has undertaken
in this phase i.e. Phase IV are as under–
Activities to be covered in 15 villages of
Phase I
 Training on Legal Issues (Muslim Personal Law, RTI and women related issues).
 Training on Health Issues.
 Training for EWRs- extended to only SHG members.
 Linkages with the line departments.
 Formation and training for cluster.
 Cluster meeting.
 Training of SHG clinics.
 Leadership Training for SHG members.
 Exposure visit.
Activities to be covered in 12 villages of
Phase II
 Training on Income Generation Activities with the SHGs and linkages with the line
departments
 Leadership Training of SHG members and their roles & responsibilities
 Health and sanitation; Gender issues and women empowerment;
 Self governance and political awareness;
 Legal Awareness; Awareness on Rights based approach to development;
 Formation of Federations and their role in social and women empowerment.
 Formation and training of SHG clinics.
 Leadership Training.
 Training on Legal Issues (Muslim Personal Laws, RTI and other women related issues.
 Exposure visit
Activities to be covered in 8 villages of
Phase III
•Training on Income Generation Activities with the SHGs.
•Linkages with the line departments.
•Training on Health Issues.
•Training on Legal Issues (Muslim Personal Law, RTI and other women related issues.
•Leadership Training.
•Capacity Building of SHG members;
•Importance of thrift & credit;
•Record Keeping and Financial Management;
•Bank Linkages;
•Role of Micro Finance in economic empowerment;
•Training to EWR- extended to only SHG members.
Activities to be covered in 5 new villages of
Phase IV
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Need assessment of community & mobilization for social development and empowerment.
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SHG formation in these newly selected villages.
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SHG strengthening for economic enterprises & linkages with line departments – It will include
components such as formulation of bye-laws;
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SHG management;
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Capacity Building of SHG members;
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Importance of Record Keeping and Financial Management;
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Bank Linkages;
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Role of Micro Finance in economic empowerment;
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Leadership Training of SHG members and their roles & responsibilities
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Cluster meeting
“NAI ROSHNI YOJANA”
THE SCHEME OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
OF
MINORITY WOMEN
BLOCK – VIKAS NAGAR ,DEHRADUN DISTRICT,
UTTARAKHAND.
ORGANISED BY – PANCHAYATI RULE AND GENDER AWARENESS TRAINING
INSTITUTE(PRAGATI), DEHRADUN
COLLABORATION- MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS ,INDIAN GOVERNMENT
 Six
days leadership training for 125 minority
community women held in vikasnagar block.
A
project supported by Ministry of Minority Affairs.
 Took
place in 5 villages of Vikasnagar Block.
 125
Women of 5 villages namely-Kunja Grant,Kunja
Matak Majri,Daharmawala,Fatehpur,Jattowala
 The
different sessions of training included legal and
social issues related to women.
 Laws
such as Domestic Violence, Dowry, PCPNDT Act
were taught along with other social schemes.
 Various
Components of Leadership Development
were also initiated in minority women.