PRESENTATION ON

“NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE BEST

GOVT.AGENCY FOR ENHANCING ELECTORAL

PARTICIPATION”

Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women

Department of Rural Development & Panchayat RajTamil Nadu

  

WOMENEmpowerment

Of

TNCDW established in 1983 Major Schemes implementing by TNCDW

Mahalir Thittam Tamil Nadu Rural Livelihoods

Mission (TNSRLM) since 2011 – 2012

COVERAGE AREA & SHG PROFILE IN TN

1 Districts 32

2 Block 385

3 Panchayat 12,524

4No. of SHGs 6.08 lakhs

No. of SHG Members 92.09 lakhs

5No. of Rural SHGs 4.23 lakhs

No. of Members in Rural SHGs 62.76 lakhs

6No. of Urban SHGs 1.84 lakhs

No. of Members in Urban SHGs 28.33 lakhs

SUMMARY OF THE INITIATIVES TNCDW has created awareness on voting as a core

democratic right among public by involving

the members of Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) the Officer bearers of Panchayat Level Federations

(PLFs) the Members of Village Poverty Reduction Committees

(VPRCs)and Community Resource Persons(CRPs) through their active participation in various awareness

programmes, special campaigns, Rallies and celebration of National Voter’s day.

DETAILS OF THE INITIATIVES

Specific objectives. Improving awareness and Enhancing the

electoral participation.

Direct and indirect participation: Direct participation through Campaigns, Rallies etc Indirect participation : By Creating a viable platform

to improve the electoral participations through,

Social mobilization & Institutional Building. Capacity building . Social Development & inclusion. Livelihood programmes.

Initiatives Campaigns

Rallies

Handouts, Posters etc• Sharing the experience in SHG meetings.• Capacity building programmes at all levels• SHG Literacy programme - Literacy Award• Creating awareness on rights & Entitlements.

SOCIAL CAPITALS

12,524 PLF Book keepers 5,926 VPRC Book keepers 12,792 Community SHG Trainers 2,323 Community Disability Facilitators 1,131 Community Resource Persons.

Nearly 35,000 Project Ambassadors from the community

who carries the information & impart awareness to the

community.

Implementation SHG members and community cadres are using the

communication materials provided by the Election Department to spread the awareness in all levels and parts of the community.

6.08 Lakhs SHGs,12,524 PLFs and 5,926 VPRCs - Discussing about the enhancing the electoral participation in their meetings and passing resolutions to conduct awareness programmes.

CONTINUATION… Following are the evidence to ensure the platform

to create awareness on electoral participation for the socially excluded Groups.

6,300 Special SHGs - Differently abled , Vulnerable, Tribal and Elders are also covered under the direct interventions of the Mission.(Heterogeneous groups)

Youth are also involved in the campaigns. It helps to enhance the No. of new voters

CONTINUATION…

Participation of SHG members in Grama Sabha is improved. Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the TN Empowerment Poverty

Reduction Project (TNEPRP) – May 2014 Study done by World Bank .

65.48 % of women participation in Grama Sabha is higher after the SHGs intervention.

It all ensures the scope to spread the awareness among the people on electoral participation.

REACHING OUT TO SHGS THROUGH COMMUNICATION MATERIALS

Monthly magazine

MUTRAM

All Government schemes

Mission Activities Important laws Success stories of

SHGs Tips on health Career counseling Current affairs -

National VOTER’S DAY Case studies

POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT FRAMEWORK

Political Awareness

Political Engagement

Political Participation

Political Representation

Political POWER

In the 2011 , Local body elections – 8,842 Women candidates who were elected out of 39,112 in the state belongs to SHGs.

CAMPAIGN

COLLECTOR VISITING THE CAMPAIGN

COLLECTOR OF APPRECIATING THE SHGS AND DISTRIBUTING CERTIFICATES

VOTERS RESOLUTION AT MUDHALLA KURICHI PANCHAYAT , KANKYAKUMARI DISTRICT

RALLIES

VOTERS DAY - PERAMBALUR

Date of Programme 25.01.2013

Name of Programme District Level Voters Day - Rally and awareness Programme

Programme Venue / Place Collectorate Compus, Perambalur.

Participants Details SHGs, PLFs, CRPs, VPRCs, School and College Students

(SHGs / PLFs / CRPs)PLFs - 121SHGs - 523CRPs - 98

No. Participated 742

Department Conducted Revenue Department , Mahalir Thittam & PVP.

RESERVATION OF SEATS FOR WOMEN - LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS,2011

Category Elected Percentage

Districts panchayat chairperson

35%

Panchayat Union Council Chairperson

36%

Village Panchayat President

34%

Districts Panchayat Ward member

35%

Panchayat Union Ward member

35%

Village Panchayat Ward members

33%

Percentage of elected Women is more than

33% of reservation due to the

SHGs intervention

A STUDY ON POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN TN THROUGH SHGS – 10TH SEP 2012

60% of the respondents have been SHG members for more than 5 years.

92.55% of the SHG Women elected are contested for the first time – others are 2nd or 3rd time.

Coming to the motivations for contesting elections – SHGs are the top choice in dipstick survey.

Women in SHGs are more confident to take part in the unreserved seats.

Success rate of SHG Women going up 123% from 2006 to 2011.

SHGs are also instrumental in deciding members of the group to contest.

RESULTS Increased awareness among public on

voting Increased awareness among women on

voting Increased participation in enrolment Increased voting % in Parliamentary and

By-elections. Increased representation as well as

elected members.SHGs is the first interaction of a Women with politics

and also her most supportive platform.

THANK YOU

Tamil Nadu Corporation

for Development

of Women