To break down doors or to unlock them? : intermediation as a strategy for political action
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2012-12
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From experiences in the field, we think that more often than not in the context of empowerment projects, individual women are more interested in locating the keys to unlock doors rather than violently breaking barriers down. Women derive associational power from sangha membership to cope with and challenge the dispersed 'state' at the local level. What are the strategies that sangha women use in their everyday life context to access resources and open up appropriate channels in key areas of their lives – finance, health, allotments and/or subsidies under government schemes? Which strategies do they find more effective?
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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, INDIA, SANGHA, SELF HELP GROUPS, EMPOWERMENT, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, GRASS ROOTS GROUPS