Women's role in Gram Sabha
By: Narasimhan, Sakuntala.
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ArticlePublisher: 1999Description: p.35-38.Subject(s): Women in rural development | Rural development - India | Panchayat
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KurukshetraSummary: Women in particular - and more specifically, rural poor and illiterate women never get portrayed as agents of change. In almost all plans for poverty alleviation and social change, this subset of disadvantaged women become a `target' in developmental activities rather than a group to be coopted as active participants. Yet if innumerable success stories spearheaded by women can be identified, proving that women who are poor in money terms need not necessarily be poor in terms of capacity for initiating change. - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 48, Issue no: 1 | Available | AR43004 |
Women in particular - and more specifically, rural poor and illiterate women never get portrayed as agents of change. In almost all plans for poverty alleviation and social change, this subset of disadvantaged women become a `target' in developmental activities rather than a group to be coopted as active participants. Yet if innumerable success stories spearheaded by women can be identified, proving that women who are poor in money terms need not necessarily be poor in terms of capacity for initiating change. - Reproduced
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