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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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