UN WOMEN PROJECTPromoting Women’s Leadership and

Gender Responsive Governance

Initiatives of AMR-APARDin

Provisions in APPR Act• APPR Act was initiated after the 73rd Amendment.• According this Act State Election Commission was

Constituted.• State Finance Commission has completed three

consecutive terms and the 4th is due.• Three Terms of Elected Representatives was

completed successfully and awaiting for the 4th cycle of Elections.

• 33.3% reservation was provided to women in Local Bodies according to the Sec. 15 (d) of APPR Act.

• 50% reservation is going to be provided from 4th cycle elections onwards in PRIs.

Statistics of Elected Women Representatives

• Three Consecutive Elections were held in the years 1996, 2001 and 2006.

ZPPs ZPTCs MPPs MPTCs Sarpanches0

0.51

1.52

2.53

3.54

4.55

199620012006

APRDs Efforts on CB of EWRs:S. No Particulars

of the Category

No. of Total

Women Members

No. trained

ST SC Others Total

1. ZPP 07

2. ZPTC 368 19 35 94 148

3. MPP 366 16 35 171 222

4. MPTC 5628 210 486 1369 2065

5. Sarpanches 7172 435 843 2689 3967

6. Ward Members

73252 3343 7302 22515 33160

Collaboration of APARD with UN WOMEN

• GOI – UNWOMEN - National Level Administrative Support

• State Government of AP – State Level Administrative Support

• APARD – Capacity Building of all levels• District Collector – District Level Administrative Support• Motivators – Gram Panchayat Level Mobilization

towards Ward/ Mahila/ Gram Sabha.• Women Volunteers – Creating Awareness among Women

at Ward Level

• Orientation Workshop on Gender and Governance for Designing of Assessment Tool held on 11th & 12th of May' 2011 at NIRD.

• In this workshop we have been asked for    conduct of TNA workshop for Elected women representatives of Project area districts.

• Accordingly TNA workshop was conducted at ETC, Samalkota on 21.5.2011 for Elected Women representatives of Project area districts i.e. Srikakulam & Vizianagaram.

TNA at ETC, Samalkot

NORWAY Visit

IEC Material Developed by APARD

• Badges, T-Shirts, Posters, Bags, Reading Material, Hand-outs, Stickers.

Motivators Training• 3 days in house training was conducted at APARD.• Topics Covered• Methodology• Opinions of Participants

Mock Gram Sabha Conducted by Motivators during Training at APARD

Volunteers Training

Workshop for further action

• Selection Motivators• Prepared path for further action to be taken• Topics selection for Motivators Training• Content Development

Hand Hold Support of APARD in Conducting Gramasabha

• Transfer of Learning

Name of the Training

ProgrammeNo. to be

trainedNo. of participants

Trained SC STPercentage of

Attendance

Sarpanches 7689 3967 837 435 51.59

MPTC Members 6116 2065 486 21033.76

Ward Members 73252 31786 5086 190743.39

MPPs 475 262 55 17 55.15

ZPTC Members 399146

34 19 36.59TOTAL 87931 38226 6498 2588 43.47