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
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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. No
Particulars of the
Category
No. of Women
Members Trained
1.
ZPP
07
2.
ZPTC
368
3.
MPP
366
4.
MPTC
5628
5.
Sarpanches
7172
6.
Ward Members
73252
Total
86793
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
33%
1.
ZPP
2.
50%
Mahbub
nagar
33%
50%
Srikakulam
33%
07
11
0
ZPTC
368
549
22
32
13
3.
MPP
366
549
21
32
4.
MPTC
5628
8547
307
5.
Sarpanche
s
7172
10904
446
6.
Ward
Members
73252
114155
4494
50%
0
Vizianagaram
33%
50%
0
0
19
11
17
13
19
11
17
463
221
324
191
273
674
368
551
305
464
6660 3360
5230
2798
4410
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
Recast Training Strategy
Representation
Communicating
Facilitating
Use of Power
Decision
Making
Policy Making
Enabling
Environment
Negotiating
Financing
Overseeing
Institution
Building
Leadership
Use of ICT Tools
Audio Visual Aids
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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
http:// www.apard.gov.in