Monitoring Learning and Evaluation Lead in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Monitoring Learning and Evaluation Lead
Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana
Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Organization’s Background
The State of Uttar Pradesh has 60 million people living below the poverty line, this is the highest number of absolute poor in the country. As daunting as these numbers might be, they do not even begin to represent the complex development challenge in the state. The state is plagued by caste, class and gender based hierarchies that have impeded progress of the most vulnerable population and generated a vicious cycle of chronic poverty broadening the divide between the haves and have nots and making it even more difficult, particularly for the public sector, to reach out to the poor. In this case, it is critical to draw focus to women in rural Uttar Pradesh, who are the most disadvantages among the poor and discriminated against with regard to control of resources, opportunities, decision-making etc. The state has some of the worst social, economic and health indicators with regard to women and children. For e.g. the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of UP is 50, much higher than the national average of 40, the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of UP is 392 almost double of the national average. In fact, Uttar Pradesh with three other states, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan together account for more than half of the country’s neonatal mortality, which accounts for about 14% of global newborn deaths. Further, 17% of all child deaths in UP occur due to pneumonia and around 14 million episodes of childhood pneumonia occur in UP every year.
For instituting health behavior change, strengthening community to demand their rights and entitlements and ensuring information dissemination is important. Learning’s from the field and research findings seems to suggest that both success and scale can only be ensured through bottom up approaches that are centred around the community and community based institutions.
Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojna (RGMVP) is a right based organization which is working on organizing women into Self Help Groups (SHG) and their federations so that women can collectively address development challenges. With its work spread across 275 blocks in UP, RGMVP reaches out to around 1.3 million rural women and households. The objective of RGMVP’s work is to facilitate women empowerment, particularly of the most backward population, by disrupting hierarchy and creating opportunities.
For more information and to apply, please visit refer to the online posting.
Deadline for applications is December 22th, 2015
