BHUBANESWAR: The Government of India and UN Women South Asia have launched their joint programme on ‘Promoting Women’s Political Leadership and Governance in India and South Asia’ in State’s two more districts Bhadrak and Sambalpur. The objective of this Programme is to politically empower elected women representatives (EWR) in local Governments. The Royal Government of Norway funded programme is covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
A consultation was launched by Union
Minister of Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affarirs V Kishore Chandra Deo. Gracing the
occasion, Deo emphasised that the Government of India-UN Women Governance
Programme is both timely and positioned at the right level.
This programme seeks to impact
this situation by empowering elected women representatives in local Governments
to make public policy and resource allocation patterns responsive to women’s
political and human rights. Deo announced that, building on lessons and
experiences of the Government of India-UN Women Programme, an ambitious
programme covering the whole country would be launched during the fiscal year
2012-13.
Panchayati Raj Minister of Odisha
Maheshwar Mohanty welcoming the programme announced that with the experience of
the programme pilots, the Government would upscale the programme to cover all
the districts of the State with the active support from the forthcoming Government
of India scheme.
Elected women representatives and
district officials participated in the consultation to share experience and
exchange views on challenges in the field and also the solutions. Among others,
UN Women South Asia Regional Programme Director Anne F Stenhammer was present.
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