Problems and Prospects of Elected Women Representatives at Grass Root Level in Kerala with Special Reference to Palakkad District

Deepa V; Vasanthakumari P

doi:10.48001/jbmis.2024.si1007

Deepa V Department of Commerce, Sree Narayana College, Nattika, University of Calicut, Kerala https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6643-6210
Vasanthakumari P Center Head, School of Management Studies, Dr John Matthai Centre University of Calicut, Kerala https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0473-9682

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48001/jbmis.2024.si1007

Keywords: capacity building, grass root level, 73rd amendment

Abstract

It’s been decades after implementing the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution. The capacity-building measures taken by the Government aim to develop the Elected Women Representatives at the Panchayat level to lift them to societal needs and to adapt themselves to the forefront leaving behind all the difficulties they faced in the past which will make them completely competent to be a leader. Local Governance had remarkable progress after the inclusion of women into the mainstream of politics. Here, attempts are made to analyze the socio-economic and political profile of the Elected Women Representatives and the problems faced by the elected women representatives at the individual level and institutional levels in the Palakkad district of Kerala.

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