APPENDIX
Questionnaire
Research Project
Women Empowerment
Social Worker (NGO)
1) Full Name
2) Address
3) Age
4) Gender
5) Educational Qualification
6) Mobile Number
7) Area of social work
All society Women empowerment
Environment protection For old age people
For handicapped / Deaf mute For other backward class people
8) Type of social work
Self Team work
Political support
9) Co-operation received from social work
From family From society
From Government
10) Problems faced while working for rural women’s
Economic Political
Social Governmental
11) Actions taken for all these problems to solve them
From societies contribution From self pocket
From political help From society exhortation
From Governmental schemes
12) Do you want to participate in political procedure?
Yes No Not at all
13) Do you want to be a part of politics or why are you not interested?
With the help of politics social work can be done
With the help of politics social work cannot be done
14) Is there increase in women members’ participation in Gram Panchayat? Give reason
Because of 73rd Constitutional Amended
Because of increasing scale of literate women’s
Because of increasing women’s interest in politics
15) Effort taken by you to help women members of Gram Panchayat in decision making
Acknowledge rural women members about educational importance
Rural women’s tries to put up their thoughts in Gram Sabha
Training classes are available for Gram Panchayats women members
None of the above
16) Are the women of political background or political fame successful?
Yes No Not at all
17) Do you think backward class and economically backward class women’s political
participation is only for name sake?
Yes No
18) Do you think that with political support rural women will become independent?
Yes No
19) After giving political support to rural women is there any chances of gender equality in
our society?
Yes No
20) How is the progress of society after giving political support to rural women
Excellent Better No
Research Project
Questionnaire
1) Elected women’s name / village / year –
2) Which election did you contest
Gram Pnchayat / Panchayat Samiti / Gilha Parishad -
3) Ward / Division / Gut No. –
4) Reserved / Open –
5) From which political party you were elected -
6) Caste / Sub-Caste / Religion -
7) Date of birth –
8) Occupation / Education –
9) You have any political background? -
10) Previous elected members from your family?
Name
No. of votes
11) Post acquired on winning election –
Gram Panchayat
Panchayat Samiti
Gilha Parishad
12) Your contribution towards development of the village -
13) How many Gram sabha meetings are conducted in a year? -
14) Questions raised by you in Gram Sabha -
15) What were the obstacles faced by you during your tenure and how did you resolve them?
16) What is your opinion about reservation granted for women’s in Maharashtra? -
17) Being in a male dominated political society have you encountered problems due to
gender biased? If yes how have you tackled them?-
18) What measures have you suggested for women empowerment? -
19) Percentage of women’s participation in Gram Panchayat / Panchayat Samiti / Gilha
Parishad Meeting -
20) How many times (1990 to 2011) have you been elected for the post of -
Sarpanch
Member of Gram Panchayat
Member of Gilha Parishad
Member of Panchayat Samiti Sabhapati
21) What efforts you have taken to bring young women’s / girl’s in politics? -
22) Why have you participate in politics and social work? -
23) Your phone number or mobile number
Women Empowerment Project
Questionnaire
1) Name of Gram Panchayat’s members -
2) Age -
3) Educational Qualification – Illiterate Primary
Secondary Higher Secondary
Graduate Post Graduate
4) Computer Skills - MS-CIT Basic Course
Basic knowledge about computer
No knowledge about computer
5) Caste -
6) Religion -
7) Gram Panchayat / Ward Name -
8) Personal Information About Family -
I. Marital Status – Married Unmarried
Widow Divorced
II. If Married Then –
A. Husbands Occupation - Farmer Government
Employee
Private Employee Own Business
B. Husbands Educational
Qualification - Illiterate Primary
Secondary Higher
Secondary
Graduate Post Graduate
III. Family - Nuclear Family Joint Family
IV. Occupation - Farmer Company
Worker
Own Business Housewife
9) Annual Income - Less than 11000
11000 to 25000
50000 to 75000
75000 to 100000
Above 100000
10) Are you property holder?
Yes No 25% 50%
Information about Grampanchayat Members
11) Who encouraged you for join politics?
Family Members Husband Self
Political Party Social Worker of Village
12) Your Membership Position
Member Local Member
Wise Sarpanch Sarpanch
13) How many Gram Panchayat election are takes place.
One Two Three Four More than that
14) How much you satisfied with your political position?
More Little bit Not much
Not good not bad Unsatisfied
15) According to 73rd Constitutional Amendment, do you know about reservation granted for
women’s?
Yes know full information Not much information
Don’t know anything
Participation –
16) Do you speak in Gram Panchayat Meeting?
Regularly Occasionally Anytime
Sometime Never speak
17) Do you participate in Ward Meeting, Gram Sabha or Panchayat Meeting?
Regularly Sometime
Little bit Can’t take part
18) Do you get opportunity to present your opinion in Ward Meeting, Gram Sabha or
Panchayat Meeting?
Get opportunity but can’t speak Didn’t get opportunity
Rejected Don’t want opportunity
19) Do you participate in decision making system?
Yes No
20) Do you meet people of your Ward? Did you solve their problems?
Regularly Occasionally Again and again
Sometime Never
21) Which type of responsibilities are given from Gram Panchayat to you?
22) Do you think men’s opinion has more wattage in Gram Panchayat than women’s?
More Not much Little bit
There is no men’s authority
23) Do you personally contribute to functioning of the Gram Panchyat?
Yes No
If no then to whom you are depending?
Husband Family Member Member of Panchayat
24) How much are you responsible in improving your Ward?
Bigger More Little bit Nothing
25) Would you like to come back to politics?
Yes Nothing to say Never
26) Do you think being a women’s leader you have to deal with additional responsibilities?
Yes No
Handle both responsibilities Work only on Politics
27) What is your opinion about women’s reservation?
More important Important
No need Not much important
28) Because of 73rd Constitutional Amendment, will there be improvement in women’s
status?
Yes No Nothing to say Don’t know
29) Do you think women leaders can effectively solve problems of women’s?
Yes No Women’s are good in decision making
Women’s are good in politics
30) Are you a member of local organization?
Women’s committee Saving Group
School improvement committee Other
31) Do you think your status in the society will improve if you are elected as a Sarpanch /
Member of Panchayat?
Yes No
32) Do you think training is required for newly elected women members?
Yes No
33) If the answer of previous question is yes from whom do you think training should be
provided?
Panchayat members Gilha Parishad Other communities
34) Do you think through politics true women empowerment can take place?
Yes No Never Nothing to say
35) What do you think about this project?
Excellent Nice Better Not bad
Thank You.
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