Women in Panchayat: Challenges and Opportunities

Significance

• Empowering the Marginalised: Elected women representatives have transformed local governance by strengthening the status of marginalised sections of society and empowering those who don’t have a voice. They inspire other women in society to break gender stereotypes and include themselves in the decision-making process.
• Gauge and Tackle Problem Better: Women representatives understand the needs of their community and work well to bring awareness and solve issues that the community faces.
• Transparent Administration: Women are known to be effective leaders and bring in transparency and efficiency in their daily duties and administration.
• Agents for Social Reformation: Women are considered to be ....