I am interning with a Non-Governmental Organization by the name of Astha, meaning “faith” inHindi.  The organization is all about the empowerment of women in India.  Astha is made up of 8 different units centered around tribal women, education, culture, women rights, child rights, forest/land rights, and local self-governance.  I am specifically working with the local self-governance unit.  The main goal of this unit is to provide women, especially in the rural and tribal communities, with the assets and confidence to participate successfully in India’s governing system- the PanchayatiRaj.  The [...]