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Transform Rural India
Annual Report 2022-23

In the Spotlight Flourishing Locality Model

Gender Project
The Locality Development approach
TRI aims to achieve gender is seen as a key driver for
equality by integrating gender regenerative and transformative
responsiveness into its changes in different socio-economic Democracy flourishes when
framework, programmes, and dimensions, and TRI is recognised as its roots extend to every
organisational structure. This a thought leader and practitioner of corner of the land, embracing
involves incorporating gender this approach. The approach is the voices and aspirations of
considerations into policies, centred around strong community rural India. We effort towards
structures, infrastructure, collectives, such as self-help groups, weaving a vibrant fabric of
attitudes, and behaviours of and local self-governance bodies, in socio-economic
colleagues and pro-actively Village Organisation OB (Office gender and decentralisation, collaboration with other collectives
bringing gender-intentionality Bearers) and SAC, gender practical and strategic gender nurtured by public systems. empowerment, where
in all its engagement with forums at the panchayat level, needs, gender-based violence, multi-dimensional impact in
public programmes. and gender point person at institutional mechanisms, the stranded villages
self-help groups. The process action and intervention, resonates with the essence of
The engendering effort is both covers gender concepts, integration in livelihoods, and true democracy.
programmatic and institutional mechanisms, enterprise development.
organisational, and takes a intervention and action on Jitendra
transformative approach. gender issues, violation of Organisation Audit: Advisors of Associate Director
Women's economic rights, and gender integration in Unit on Inclusion and Equality Governance
empowerment is a key focus livelihoods, entrepreneurship, reviewed organisational
area, whether through the and decentralisation. Modules policies from a gender
SHG-based livelihoods have been developed for the perspective; a framework and
universalisation or integrating capacity building process. Leadership Team has been
village poverty reduction plans Training includes sessions on constituted to periodically
and gram panchayat gender, sex and patriarchy, review programmatic
development plans. TRI gender division of labour, social engagements and ensure
engagement involves construct, access and control gender intentionality. Advance Program on Locality Development (APLD)
• Capacity building of women over institution and resources, Strengthening Local Development Compacts: A Five-Day Training on the
leaders for program delivery Locality Model of Development Transformation and Community-Driven
oversight Development.
• Strengthening institutional Development Management Institute (DMI) Patna, in partnership with Ministry
mechanisms like Nari Engendering across sectors and of Rural Development (MoRD) and TRI, launched the five-day Advance
Adhikar Kendra and Gender capacitation of SHGs and its Program on Locality Development (APLD) for government officials from
Resource Centre federations for achieving gender Rural Development departments. The first batch had 36 participants from
• Periodic audit of TRI’s equity and equality outcome has Jharkhand, MP, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Telangana and Assam.
policies and practices, and been the vision. In addition, The program focused on imparting knowledge, skills, and attitudes related
gender intentionality in its engendering system delivery like to the Locality Compact framework to institutionalise it in their respective
engagement including Panchayati raj and other geographies. Participants were provided with a step-by-step guide to
reflection in the curriculum, stakeholders like WCD, police and building Locality Compacts at the block level and encouraged to use the
advisories and program legal services authority would current opportunities available with Panchayat and Rural Development to
materials (for livelihoods, enable improved outcomes. roll out the framework.
health, education,
decentralisation etc.) Seema Bhaskaran
Senior Practitioner
Capacity building: Undertaken Gender
at various levels including
community cadres, and
institutional mechanisms such
as Cluster Federations and
Social Action Committees, Scan to watch

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