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Who We Are
Nayi Umeed is transforming rural governance by strengthening the leadership of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) in Gram Panchayats (village councils), enabling them to promote accountable governance, advocate for gender justice, and drive meaningful local development. At the same time, we are mobilizing adolescent girls, empowering them to challenge harmful practices, demand accountability, and take control of their futures. Through leadership workshops and life-skills education, we are building their voice, agency, and confidence to advocate for girls’ rights and actively lead in their communities. This dual approach ensures that women and girls are not merely participants, but leaders in grassroots governance.
500+
EWR Women Trained
640+
Widows accessed pensions
50+
RTIs filed
10+
10+ Schools reopened
5+
Child marriages stopped
Our Mission
To institutionalize gender-equitable local governance by building the legal, civic, and political capacity of elected women representatives and adolescent girls to lead, legislate, and deliver justice at the grassroots.
Our Vision
A future where rural governance is not mediated for women but led by them.
Where every Gram Sabha is a site of political agency, and every Panchayat a platform for equity, accountability, and democratic renewal.
OUR WORK
Decentralized Statecraft in Action
Through statutory institutions like Gram Panchayats and Bal Panchayats, we enable rural women and girls to interface with the state not as beneficiaries, but as agents of accountability, oversight, and local governance delivery.
Capacitating Elected Women for Constitutional Mandates
Collaborating with Awaaz Foundation, we’ve trained 500+ Elected Women Representatives across 25 zones in Rajasthan to operationalize the 73rd Amendment through Panchayat Development Plans, welfare audits, and decentralized budgeting.
Legal Empowerment through Community Clinics
In partnership with Policy Gram, we conduct monthly legal grievance redressal camps, enabling rural women to file RTIs, access land entitlements, and navigate bureaucratic systems. We’ve also facilitated 300+ female land transfers and led the planting of 5,000+ saplings, advancing tenure security and adaptive environmental governance.
Democratic Literacy through Political Dialogues
Our Civic Dialogue Series has connected emerging rural leaders with MPs, MLAs, and Sarpanches—translating lived experience into policy engagement.
Low-Tech Civic Tech for Institutional Learning
Through WhatsApp-based AV modules and quizzes, we’ve created a scalable model for real-time peer learning—connecting 100+ women leaders in a continuous capacity-building loop.
Accessing Welfare Schemes
Our interventions have enabled 640+ widows to access state pension schemes—by simplifying documentation, demystifying entitlements, and tracking delivery failures.
Planning for Gender-Sensitive Public Goods
Trained women leaders have facilitated the reopening of 10 secondary schools, the re-enrollment of 2,000+ girls, and the construction of 150+ sanitation units to meet SDG-aligned development indicators.
Inclusive Governance through Disability Committees
A Sarpanch-led initiative formed Disability Inclusion Committees across 30 Panchayats, supporting 500+ individuals with disabilities to access targeted schemes and healthcare services.
Beti Bolti Hai – Youth Panchayats for Civic Action
Through Beti Bolti Hai, 600+ girls were trained in public speaking, legal literacy, and civic leadership, leading to the creation of Udaan Manch—a youth-led platform for community advocacy. They prevented 3 child marriages in Banswara, secured street lighting in Dungarpur, and pushed for immunization drives in Barmer.
Narrative Sovereignty through Rural Media
A girl-led digital newsletter curates stories of institutional change reframing rural leadership as visible, vocal, and visionary.
STORIES OF CHANGE
Legal clinics helped me understand my inheritance rights. I applied for a joint title and got it. I am no longer invisible in the eyes of the state—I am a landholder, a decision-maker.
Savitri
Joint land title holder
“This land has always been mine. Now, the papers say so too.”
Kavita Singh
Gram Panchayat Member
After training on the 73rd Amendment, I began drafting Panchayat Development Plans. I secured funds to build 12 toilets in my village—clean spaces where women feel safe. This is what decentralization looks like.
Pushpa Devi
Elected Representative
Earlier, I signed what others told me to. Now, I write my own budgets.
Radha Meena
Sarpanch
Through our youth-led platform, we made a formal demand for basic infrastructure. Today, girls in my village walk safely after sunset.
Neha
Udaan Manch leader
“I stood at the block office for a week and said, ‘We need light to feel safe.’ a month later, the streetlights came on.”
Priti
Gram Panchayat Member
COLLABORATION
Aawaaz Foundation
Gram Bharti Samiti
Policy Gram