International Journal of Gender & Women's Studies

A Study on Informal Women Leaders of Uttarakhand
Thapliyal Mishra Nivedita, Hem Chandra Sati

Abstract
The women in Uttarakhand played an important role in addressing the development. The steps taken by them has got a national recognition. The women in Uttarakhand have crossed the reservation from 33% to 40 %. Despite the positive facts and figure the women has faced problems addressing the social issues in the region. The majority of the women as facilitator in various development sectors are without training, orientation and technical knowledge. They are manipulated by bureaucrats, politicians and dominant power brokers in the villages. Most of the informal women leaders faced the problems of non cooperation from the officials and their family. These problems have slowed the pace of developmental works acted as a barrier to fully participate in the development sector. There are various parameters which are positive like the family support and their willingness to allow the women to act as grassroots worker but there are few unhidden but important component which required major attention for making the informal women as true leaders in development.

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