Gender Resource Centre
More than
600 women were elected to Urban Local Bodies of Orissa in
the year 2002. They represented a Mayor & a Deputy Mayor
in Municipal Corporations of Bhubaneswar & Cuttack
respectively. Apart from the Municipal Corporations there
were 31 women Chairpersons and 69 Vice Chairperson elected
to ULB’s. Though the constitutions of India, Orissa
Municipal Act and Orissa Municipal Corporation
Act safeguarded the function of Urban Local Bodies,
women still find themselves struggling for a political
voice, and many of today’s cities continue to exclude
women from formal governance structures.
However,
Elected Women representatives play a very vital role in
societies and urban local bodies. Yet, despite their
significant role in city development, they often receive
less than they deserve for their contribution. The problems
faced by Elected Women representative are enormous and
complex and they don’t have in house expertise to tackle
them. They need external support to understand and address
these challenges. In order to support the women
representatives the need of establishing a Gender Resource
Centre (GRC) came up.
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GRC will
support professional development of Elected Women’s
Representatives in enhancing their in-house capacity to
handle the complex urban issues.
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GRC will
share information on success stories of urban governance
among Elected Women’s Representatives.
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GRC will
undertake Elected Women’s Representatives require training
programme within the state and both in
India
& abroad.
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GRC will
advocate for strong urban governance concerns to higher
levels of government.
Objective:
The GRC will support Elected Women’s Representatives on
institutionalizing good urban governance practices. The
detailed objectives are:
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Assist the
state and local governments in Reforms process for Good
Governance;
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Implementing projects for improvement of urban governance
in both state & local level;
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Develop
training modules & programmes in Gender related subjects;
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Leadership
development in Urban Management;
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Networking
with National & International organization on Gender
Governance;
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Research
and publish in the area of Gender in Urban Governance
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Improve efficiency and effectiveness of governance in
poverty alleviation & Environment
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