The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) launched an intensive training program for Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Master Trainers in New Delhi.
This capacity building program is being organized by National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) of the WCD Ministry to empower women to participate effectively in the governance processes.
It aims to train approximately twenty thousand EWRs covering nearly 50 EWRs from each district by March 2018.
It is for the first time, an initiative of this scale has been taken up to train EWRs.
The training of two lakh women sarpanches across the country will help to create model villages and help prepare women as political leaders of the future.