National wide Training Program for Women Sarpanches
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 11:57 AM
New Delhi, April 18: The Central Government has launched a Nation-wide training program for Elected Women representatives (EWRs)(Women sarpanches)of Panchayats on Monday.
A brief module for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayats and a training program for Trainers of women panchayat leaders across the country was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj on Monday.
The training program was launched at Ranchi, Jharkhand through a video conference, by the Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi in the presence of Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi.
The training program seeks to empower EWRs of panchayats by enhancing their capacity, capability, and skill in governance and administration of villages.
Addressing the select women trainers/women sarpanches of Jharkhand at the video conference today, Maneka Gandhi said that inspite of 33% reservation for women in the panchayat bodies, the EWRs continue to remain ineffective since they do not have appropriate knowledge and skill to administer the village, and the show continues to be run by their husbands.
These women representatives will have to be trained in order to ensure that they take up the responsibility of all the tasks entrusted to them on being elected, Maneka Gandhi said.