Socio-economic Determinants of Women Leaders in PRIs: A Study in Uttarakhand
2013
Kaur, Manmeet | Bhardwaj, Neelam
The 73ʳᵈ Constitutional Amendment Act has brought many women leaders into the Panchayati Raj Institutions. These women represent diverse background- rich and poor, oppressed and backward, educated/literate and illiterate, young and old, working women and home makers etc. An unprecedented number of women occupying leadership positions in local bodies and participating actively in the local political process is a reality now because of this new innovative effort. This study was conducted in three districts of Uttarakhand State i.e. Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun and Tehri Garhwal districts on two hundred women leaders especially Pradhans who were selected through census method. Data were collected with the help of semi structured interview schedule. The study aims at finding the socio-economic status of the women leaders under PRIs. The major findings of the study indicated that women leadership at the grass root level was dominated by educated, middle aged and of reserved categories women with medium economic status.
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