- large number of women politically & socially empowered
- democracy to women
- articulate and conscious of their power
- participation of women in gram sabha inc
- concept of panchayat pati showing declining trend
- used authority to address issues like education, water availability, family planning, health, hygiene, village development
- better crime reporting by women
Challenges faced by women
- overburdened by family responsibilities and thus not able to perform duties efficiently
- feel inhibited to speak especially when in large male dominated assemblies
- get very little respect or attention
- women invited only to complete the quorum
- officials pay heed to upper class women in preference to the poorer ones
- lack of literacy has limited participation
- problems due to rotation every 5 yrs
- threatened by increasing number of criminals in politics
- rarely nominated to unreserved seats
- male family members, leaders from caste groups come in the way of affairs of panchayat led by women