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Ministry of Rural Development (GoI) runs the largest global program focus on rural women with an aim of removing multi-dimensional poverty to support over 8.5 Cr poor women and their households. Recently the GoI has embarked on an ambitious program to strengthen community institutions, and support 2.5 crore women to become “Lakhpati Mahila”. The program is being spearheaded by the initiative “Deendayal Antyoday Yozna- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)”, in close convergence with several other government departments.

Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRI), under a formal arrangement with the Rural Development Department of Govt of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh plans to take up intensive prototype development in selected blocks in the State. The efforts under this initiative will contextualise and create local livelihood solutions, in addition to demonstrating implementation protocols for decentralized planning for livelihood promotion, govt. scheme convergence for livelihood asset creation, capacity enhancement around production skills, and most importantly strengthening the Cluster Level Federations (CLFs) for ensuring member participation and program implementation oversight. These pilots will inform policies relative to women's economic empowerment at the state & national levels.

TRI is looking for seasoned highly motivated professionals to work closely with community institutions to impact the lives of poor rural women through a multidimensional lens and provide them an opportunity assert their voice through local governance.