Leading change: Women in Panchayats

Who we are

A Global, Non-Profit, Strategic Organisation

The Hunger Project (THP) is a non-profit organisation committed to ending hunger and extreme poverty. It runs programmes across 12 countries in Africa, Latin America and South Asia. Our vision is a world without hunger, a world where every human being leads a life with dignity and equality.

In India, we are committed to empowering women and girls in panchayats. The aim is to encourage transformative leadership through a holistic approach. THP India firmly believes that the active participation of women in decision-making processes related to local governance will deepen democracy and ensure inclusive development, which is socially just and gender equal.

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Our Objectives

Towards Empowered Women Leaders In Panchayats

Our strategies and interventions address the challenges faced by vulnerable and marginalised communities in accessing government entitlements, while supporting women leaders to drive development and secure welfare for their communities.

Women’s Leadership Initiatives
Promote and support women’s leadership in panchayats
Access to Entitlements
Ensuring the most marginalised and vulnerable communities in panchayats can access their entitlements under government welfare schemes
Advancing Women’s Empowerment
Build a national dialogue to advance and strengthen women’s agency and participation
Facilitating Learning and Exchange
Facilitating greater cross learning and exchange across multiple spaces

Core programme strategy

Strengthening Women’s Leadership

The core strategies of THP India have two broad thrusts – one focuses on developing the capacities and leadership skills of women in local governance, and the other on creating and strengthening the support structures for women to participate effectively. These are firmly rooted in the core principles of gender equity, social justice, inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and decentralisation.

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Where we work

Our Outreach Spans Across Five States

We have successfully engaged with 200,000 women leaders with the aim of strengthening women’s effective representation and active participation in panchayats.

Our engagement outreach