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Sarpanch Pati: The Roadblock to Women's Political Participation

Sunita Kasera reports from Rajasthan for Video Volunteers. Twenty-five years after women were given 33% reservation in local self-governance bodies, many women sarpanchs remain faceless wives and daughters-in-law. “I have been elected sarpanch for five years, I was a daughter-in-law before this and will be a daughter-in-law even after my term. I wear a veil now and I will have to wear a veil even after five years,” says Rekha. Seema, explaining why she does not go to meetings alone or to oversee the work at MNREGA sites, also brings up the compulsion to wear the veil. The veil, when imposed on women, severely hinders their public participation. Both Rekha and Seema are well aware of this, and of their positions as daughters-in-law who are primarily expected to play domestic roles. Read more: https://www.videovolunteers.org/sarpa... This video was made by a Video Volunteers Community Correspondent. Community Correspondents come from marginalised communities in India and produce videos on unreported stories. These stories are ’news by those who live it’ and give the hyperlocal context to global human rights and development challenges. Take action for a more just global media by sharing their videos and joining in their call for change. Video Volunteers is a community media organisation which has directly impacted the lives of more than 1.5 million people in India by initiating and sustaining a global community media movement - empowering people by giving them a voice. Watch and read more stories from marginalised communities at www.videovolunteers.org Connect with us! Facebook: www.facebook.com/VideoVolunteers/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/videovolunteers Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.videovolunteers.org/newsl... -YouTube Channel:    / videovolunteers