Empowering
Gram Panchayats Through Enhancing Participation and Leadership Development of Adolescents and Youth (EGPL-DAY).
The EGPL-DAY project aims to empower adolescent girls in Gram Panchayats by fostering leadership, participation, and gender-responsive governance. Focused on Ramgarh’s mining-affected regions, this initiative addresses the exclusion of young girls in decision-making, lack of leadership skills, and limited community support.
Through leadership training, active participation in Gram Sabha and Mahila Sabha, and collaboration with frontline workers, the project ensures adolescent girls have a voice in governance. The pilot phase covers 10 villages across 4 Panchayats, engaging 450 adolescents over three years. If successful, the model will be scaled to other regions.
By bridging the gap between representation and real empowerment, EGPL-DAY envisions a future where young girls lead community change, ensuring a more inclusive and equitable society.
Our Team
Neelam Kindo
Accountant
Bachelor of commerce
In this era women empowerment is for me is equality in all field.
Fun fact - I can sleep without closing my eyes
Veena Devi
Panchayat coordinator
I am a feminist. Women should get equal rights and opportunities. I have taken the initiative in my own life and have established an identity in the community.
Fun fact- I don't know how to dance but I dance whenever I get a chance.
Nandita Dey
Project Coordinator
Master's in Rural Development and Management
Women empowerment is very important as it not only uplifts women but also their family and society as a whole.
Fun fact- can eat like an elephant and fast like a monk
Suman kumari
Panchayat coordinator
B.A psychology honours
Vinoba Bhave University Hazaribag
Experience: karuna fellowship
Fun fact- I like eating a lot but I can't eat too much