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One Day seminar on Learning by Sharing: Women and Panchayati Raj,
28th July 2009, Clarks Amer, Joint collaboration SIDART and HSF

SIDART has been concentrating its energy on a women empowerment project since 2007. Our NGO organizes several workshops which are held in rural areas of Rajasthan, Sanganer block to orient the villagers especially the women to understand the structure and the functioning of the Panchayati Raj Institutions. They need to know and then actively participate in the decision making processes in the Gram Sabha and Panchayat meetings. These village women acquire knowledge on woman’s rights and issues as well as undergo practical training sessions during the workshop.

The seminar Learning by sharing: Women and Panchayati Raj was inaugurated with the lighting of a lamp by the Hon’ Minister Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Bharat Singh ji on 28th July in Clarks Amer Hotel in Jaipur. The head ETV Mr. Jagdish Chandra and the Ex. Additional Chief Secretary and the Chief Election Commissioner  Local Bodies Mr. A. K. Pande were amongst the dignitaries present in the seminar. The Hon’ Director Mrs. Anuja Agarawal presented the activities and the vision and mission of SIDART. Dr. Pramila Sanjaya presented the dossier of activities of SIDART and the focus was on the journey at Sangner during the last two years with HSF.
   
The seminar provided information on the contents and execution of the project; we concentrated on both the obstacles and solutions along the way and finally the lessons which were derived from the project. In doing this, the importance of women’s empowerment was underlined and participants realized that knowledge can create confidence in a woman’s voice in marginalized sections of society within Rajasthan. Women were sharing their experience and knowledge which they gained thanks to SIDART trainings. They also listened to the speakers actively and will apply the knowledge in their Panchayats. The representatives for Hanns Seidel Foundation Mr. Hegemer and Dr. Volker Bauer expressed their happiness to see the women being empowered and presented their ideas in a remarkable manner. They also made a visit to the village Bilwa during the evening of 27th July and addressed the group of village women there along with some men.

Participants at the seminar -
•    Villagers who benefited from the program
•    Women Sarpanchs
•    Honorable Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Bharat Singh
•    Ex Add. Chief Secretary, Election Commission Local Bodies Rajasthan, Shri A.K. Pande
•    Eminent speakers from other states: T. Nagendra Swamy, Mridula Prakash, Mr. Vinod Chand Dubey, Mr. Dheeraj Kumar
•    Head ETV  Hindi channel, Mr. Shri Jagdish Chandra
•    International Director HSF: Mr. Christian Hegemer and Dr. Volker Bauer, Resident representative HSF in Delhi
•    SIDART representatives: Mrs. Anuja Agarwal, Dr. Pramila Sanjaya


“When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.”      -  Kofi Annan



Executive Members -
Mrs Neeraj Kumar (President)
Mr.Rajkishore Saxena (Treasurer)
Col’ Ashwani Tiwari (Secretary)



 


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