Srinagar: Director Panchayati Raj, J&K, Sham Lal, and Director Rural Development Department (RDD) Kashmir, Shabir Hussain on friday jointly inaugurated one-day training programme on Women-Friendly Panchayats (Model Women-Friendly Panchayats).

The workshop was held simultaneously in Srinagar and Jammu for which the department has finalized 20 Model Women-Friendly Gram Panchayats (MWFGPs) across both the Kashmir and Jammu Divisions.

The initiative aims to encourage Panchayats to adopt women-centric planning, infrastructure, and governance practices, ensuring that women’s participation, safety, and empowerment remain central to local decision-making and development.

The training was designed to sensitize and build the capacity of grassroots stakeholders, including Block Development Officer

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