1. Gender Equity in access and ownership of water resources management systems
2. Women's empowerment through capacity building amongst elected members of gram, taluka & district panchayat bodies

The project hopes to work on human rights especially with respect to gender equity. It hopes to address issues of violence against women, women's land ownership and property rights, rights of dalits, adivasis, minorities and other vulnerable sections of the society, highlighting the states' responsibility towards these vulnerable communities by ensuring access to safe drinking water, sanitation, food security and health care along with reproductive care.

1. Working with various women's issues like access to water resources, paralegal support to women in case of domestic violence
2. Increasing women's participation in decision making through panchayati raj committees
3. Strengthening women's collective through establishment of women's organizations in the village
4. Networking with other organizations, both formal and informal, like Women's federations, District lok manch of leaders, Sarpanch, Nyaya samitis, paani samitis etc.

To increase women's participatory role in governing bodies, work on women's rights issues, and to help in creating a just and equitable society for women.

• Utthan I year information
• Utthan II year information
• More documentation on AID Houston's page
• Violence Against Women in Gujarat stats till Aug 04
• Paper on Gender and Land Rights in India, "Gender and land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, family and Market", Bina Agarwal