Citizen Rights Campaign

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True citizenship is not just a title on a voter card — it is the active, fearless assertion of democratic rights in local governance.

When Dalit women speak in the Gram Sabha, the entire village moves toward justice.

JMS mobilises women across 45 villages to attend, speak, and lead Gram Sabhas, using statutory platforms to demand roads, streetlights, clean drinking water, sanitation, and MGNREGA employment.

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

Panchayat Leadership Mentorship

Equipping elected women Panchayat representatives from SC/ST communities with financial, legal, and administrative literacy so they can govern independently without intimidation by dominant groups.

Campaign Objectives

01

Active Gram Sabha Participation

Mobilizing women to submit formal village development petitions and hold local panchayat officials accountable in statutory village assemblies.

02

MGNREGA Wage & Job Security

Helping landless women secure job cards, demand 100 days of work, and conduct social audits to stop muster-roll corruption.

03

Basic Civic Infrastructure

Asserting rights to functional drinking water borewells, drainage systems, streetlights, and sanitation in Dalit habitations.

Strengthen Grassroots Democracy

Support citizen leadership training for rural women across North Karnataka.