My Development mantra: Stick to Pancha Sutra – the sure shot way to success
1. I believe in! "Innovation" That’s a sure shot way to success.
2. My Dev Funda! Is all about challenging the status-quo.
3. I act tough when! People are dishonest .Dishonesty vitiates the work environment
4. I dare! To be different. We have to tread un-trodden paths to taste success
5. I would never! Compromise on my principles. A scrupulous Dev. leader is always looked up to.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Vision for NGO in WOMEN EMPOWERMENT –Through Advocacy
-PKM SWAMY
Let me first share that Advocacy is the apex intervention process in development.
What I Mean by ADVOCACY
Advocacy is an organized course of action to achieve change. Advocacy is about concerned citizens joining with others to campaign for equality and social inclusion of Women from the marginalized sections of the society; by changing policies, practices and attitudes that perpetuate their exclusion and segregation with a particular focus on rights, equity and justice.
All about Advocacy in brief:
§ Promoting full citizenship and enabling the Women with deprivation to participate in the everyday life of the community.
§ Changing policies that maintain exclusion and segregation of Women with deprivation from society.
§ Improving the lives of Women with inequity and ensuring that they are able to live independently.
§ Challenging the misconceptions about the lives of Women that are exploited.
What I would Aspire Through Advocacy:
· Equality before the law without discrimination
· Right to life, liberty and security of the person
· Equal recognition before the law and legal capacity
· Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse
· Right to respect physical and mental integrity
· Freedom of expression and opinion
· Right to education
· Right to health
· Right to work
· Right to an adequate standard of living
· Right to participate in political and public life
· Right to participate in cultural life
It is not easy to provide such basic things mentioned above to the poverty-stricken Women. we have to strive provide their basic needs coupled with education and employment trainings but in the process the need for providing intangible inputs to the process of empowering the women through collective and proactive voice and action. That is what we call as advocacy, policy action and capacity building at all levels among the poorest and stakeholders concerned.
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Advocacy Pyramid :
International Level UN INGO’S
National Level
Govt./INGOs/NGOs/Banks
State& Local Level
Govt./Corporate/INGOs/Media
/Banks/NGOs’/Community
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Core Values
NGO in women empowerment should be committed to being a transparent, accountable, inclusive and sustainable organization. The organization respects the rights of, and provides equal opportunities to the WOMEN. Their participation is actively sought in organizational development, functioning and learning. We promote quality and equity, with high ethical standards in the services offered to the women .
Vision
An India free of discrimination against the women , where the rural and more specifically, the underprivileged enjoy equal opportunities and get enhanced quality of life as a right.
Mission
To work for the rights, empowerment and dignity of the women in the country by provision of equitable and appropriate services through development of suitable programs/policies, advocacy, education and training, livelihoods and; promotion of best practices with special emphasis on the women from the poor, the deprived, the under-privileged, marginalized and under-served sections of society.
Strategic Priorities
Advocacy
Policy Influence
Education and Training
Livelihoods
Resource Center for enacting suitable laws
Networking
To achieve the above goals, NGO should embark upon an “Annual Action Plan” year after year for evolving various need-based interventions with clear performance indicators to determine the impact year after year.
As a first step to pursue the above path, it is important to mobilize the required level of resources: both financial and non financial. To achieve this objective, an exclusive resource wing should be created with subject matter specialists followed by the Systems and Processes wing to strengthen the process of implementation of plans/strategies
-PKM SWAMY
Let me first share that Advocacy is the apex intervention process in development.
What I Mean by ADVOCACY
Advocacy is an organized course of action to achieve change. Advocacy is about concerned citizens joining with others to campaign for equality and social inclusion of Women from the marginalized sections of the society; by changing policies, practices and attitudes that perpetuate their exclusion and segregation with a particular focus on rights, equity and justice.
All about Advocacy in brief:
§ Promoting full citizenship and enabling the Women with deprivation to participate in the everyday life of the community.
§ Changing policies that maintain exclusion and segregation of Women with deprivation from society.
§ Improving the lives of Women with inequity and ensuring that they are able to live independently.
§ Challenging the misconceptions about the lives of Women that are exploited.
What I would Aspire Through Advocacy:
· Equality before the law without discrimination
· Right to life, liberty and security of the person
· Equal recognition before the law and legal capacity
· Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse
· Right to respect physical and mental integrity
· Freedom of expression and opinion
· Right to education
· Right to health
· Right to work
· Right to an adequate standard of living
· Right to participate in political and public life
· Right to participate in cultural life
It is not easy to provide such basic things mentioned above to the poverty-stricken Women. we have to strive provide their basic needs coupled with education and employment trainings but in the process the need for providing intangible inputs to the process of empowering the women through collective and proactive voice and action. That is what we call as advocacy, policy action and capacity building at all levels among the poorest and stakeholders concerned.
----------------------------------------
Advocacy Pyramid :
International Level UN INGO’S
National Level
Govt./INGOs/NGOs/Banks
State& Local Level
Govt./Corporate/INGOs/Media
/Banks/NGOs’/Community
-----------------------------------
Core Values
NGO in women empowerment should be committed to being a transparent, accountable, inclusive and sustainable organization. The organization respects the rights of, and provides equal opportunities to the WOMEN. Their participation is actively sought in organizational development, functioning and learning. We promote quality and equity, with high ethical standards in the services offered to the women .
Vision
An India free of discrimination against the women , where the rural and more specifically, the underprivileged enjoy equal opportunities and get enhanced quality of life as a right.
Mission
To work for the rights, empowerment and dignity of the women in the country by provision of equitable and appropriate services through development of suitable programs/policies, advocacy, education and training, livelihoods and; promotion of best practices with special emphasis on the women from the poor, the deprived, the under-privileged, marginalized and under-served sections of society.
Strategic Priorities
Advocacy
Policy Influence
Education and Training
Livelihoods
Resource Center for enacting suitable laws
Networking
To achieve the above goals, NGO should embark upon an “Annual Action Plan” year after year for evolving various need-based interventions with clear performance indicators to determine the impact year after year.
As a first step to pursue the above path, it is important to mobilize the required level of resources: both financial and non financial. To achieve this objective, an exclusive resource wing should be created with subject matter specialists followed by the Systems and Processes wing to strengthen the process of implementation of plans/strategies
Dr. Manmohan Singhji, 12.09.2009
The Prime Minister of India
New Delhi.
Dear Dr. Singhji,
Namaskar
Subject: Selection to the post of Chairperson, National Trust in the Ministry of SJ&E
Reference: 1. D.O.No.1-15/2008-DD-IV, Dated on 16.01.2009
2. My Letter to the two Ministers of the Ministry, Dated on 27.07.2009
3. My letter to Mr. Mukul Wasnik, Union Minister, Dated on 10.08.2009
4. My letter to Shri. K. M. Acharya, IAS, Secretary of the Ministry, Dated on
28.08.2009
I am happy that you are leading the country for the second time and I see a real bright future for the country in the next 5 years under your stewardship. I appreciate your values of governance at every level. However, in some situations the real penetration of the values of governance is not that significant which is a concern for people like us and we feel it is our responsibility to share this concern with you for necessary improvement in the delivery system. I would like to reiterate that it’s not a complaint that I would like to make but a contribution to the better performance in the Government in certain cases where - “Action delayed is action diluted”.
I would like to bring to your attention a typical instance of inordinate delay in deciding a very important aspect of governance in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
I am happy to inform you that the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had invited me as a candidate for an interaction with Search Committee at the Planning Commission for the selection of Chairperson of National Trust of the Ministry in January 2009 (Reference No.1).
I am happy that the selection process was strong and reflected meritorious process. In the meantime, the general elections and formation of new government have understandably contributed to the delay in announcing the outcome. Having waited for almost 6 months to know the outcome of the interaction that I have had with the Search Committee in January, I had written to the two Ministers in the Ministry (on 27th July 2009) to facilitate the matter. Fortunately, the Senior Minister had the courtesy to call me up and tell that the system would take its own course and the decision. I had also requested the Secretary of the Ministry to facilitate the matter through the good offices of the Senior Minister (on 28th August 2009).
The point I am trying to drive home is that the process of working on a particular issue or subject is more important than the content. The unexplained delay (Dangerous, Enormous Loss and Apathetic Yield) brings discredit to the functioning of the Public Institutions. I am not writing this letter to seek opportunity for myself but to share the concern for the credibility for the functioning of the public institution in an objective and responsive manner. I shall therefore, request you to arrange to facilitate such an important decision making process even at the smallest level in the Government so that the faith in the Government gets enhanced among the ordinary citizens like me of the country.
Thanking you and best regards
Sincerely Yours
SWAMY KAMALA MANOHAR
The Prime Minister of India
New Delhi.
Dear Dr. Singhji,
Namaskar
Subject: Selection to the post of Chairperson, National Trust in the Ministry of SJ&E
Reference: 1. D.O.No.1-15/2008-DD-IV, Dated on 16.01.2009
2. My Letter to the two Ministers of the Ministry, Dated on 27.07.2009
3. My letter to Mr. Mukul Wasnik, Union Minister, Dated on 10.08.2009
4. My letter to Shri. K. M. Acharya, IAS, Secretary of the Ministry, Dated on
28.08.2009
I am happy that you are leading the country for the second time and I see a real bright future for the country in the next 5 years under your stewardship. I appreciate your values of governance at every level. However, in some situations the real penetration of the values of governance is not that significant which is a concern for people like us and we feel it is our responsibility to share this concern with you for necessary improvement in the delivery system. I would like to reiterate that it’s not a complaint that I would like to make but a contribution to the better performance in the Government in certain cases where - “Action delayed is action diluted”.
I would like to bring to your attention a typical instance of inordinate delay in deciding a very important aspect of governance in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
I am happy to inform you that the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had invited me as a candidate for an interaction with Search Committee at the Planning Commission for the selection of Chairperson of National Trust of the Ministry in January 2009 (Reference No.1).
I am happy that the selection process was strong and reflected meritorious process. In the meantime, the general elections and formation of new government have understandably contributed to the delay in announcing the outcome. Having waited for almost 6 months to know the outcome of the interaction that I have had with the Search Committee in January, I had written to the two Ministers in the Ministry (on 27th July 2009) to facilitate the matter. Fortunately, the Senior Minister had the courtesy to call me up and tell that the system would take its own course and the decision. I had also requested the Secretary of the Ministry to facilitate the matter through the good offices of the Senior Minister (on 28th August 2009).
The point I am trying to drive home is that the process of working on a particular issue or subject is more important than the content. The unexplained delay (Dangerous, Enormous Loss and Apathetic Yield) brings discredit to the functioning of the Public Institutions. I am not writing this letter to seek opportunity for myself but to share the concern for the credibility for the functioning of the public institution in an objective and responsive manner. I shall therefore, request you to arrange to facilitate such an important decision making process even at the smallest level in the Government so that the faith in the Government gets enhanced among the ordinary citizens like me of the country.
Thanking you and best regards
Sincerely Yours
SWAMY KAMALA MANOHAR
Friday, August 28, 2009
ఏన్త్రెప్రెనెఉర్శిప్
•ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
•NEUTRALITY
•TECHNOLOGY
•REFORM
•ETHICS
•PLANNING
•RELATIONSHIPS
•ఎవల్యూషన్
•NETWORKING
•EQUITY
•UNIVERSAL
•RESOURCES
•STRATEGIES & SYSTEMS
•HARVEST
•INNOVATION
•PERFORMANCE
•NEUTRALITY
•TECHNOLOGY
•REFORM
•ETHICS
•PLANNING
•RELATIONSHIPS
•ఎవల్యూషన్
•NETWORKING
•EQUITY
•UNIVERSAL
•RESOURCES
•STRATEGIES & SYSTEMS
•HARVEST
•INNOVATION
•PERFORMANCE
ఏన్త్రెప్రెనెఉర్
E = EMPOWERED
N = NETWORKER
T = THINK-TANK
R = RISK-TAKER
E = ENERGIZER
P = ప్రోమోటర్
•R = RESEARCHER
•E = ECONOMY
•N = NAVIGATOR
•E = ENERGETIC
•U = UNIQUE
•R = RESILIENT
Monday, July 6, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Gujarat if expanded
Genuine/Gandhi
Unique /Unity
Joyful/Jet-speed
Affectionate/Amicability
Resilience/Reforms
Achiever/Action
Transition/Trustworthy
Swamy Kamala Manohar (August 2006)
Bihar means to me
B-Boon to Bharat
I-Indigenous Image,
H-Humanity reflecting Buddhism
A-Ancient Adore
R – Roaring Resourcefulness
-Swamy Kamala Manohar.22 may 2009
Genuine/Gandhi
Unique /Unity
Joyful/Jet-speed
Affectionate/Amicability
Resilience/Reforms
Achiever/Action
Transition/Trustworthy
Swamy Kamala Manohar (August 2006)
Bihar means to me
B-Boon to Bharat
I-Indigenous Image,
H-Humanity reflecting Buddhism
A-Ancient Adore
R – Roaring Resourcefulness
-Swamy Kamala Manohar.22 may 2009
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