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 | | Executive Director | Post # : 103626 |
| | | Poster: | thirdsector | | Date Posted : | December 24, 2015 | | Location: | Bhuj-Rudramata, India | | Salary/Rate: | 900000 |
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Overview Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan is a women's organisation based in Kutch region of Gujarat that was established in 1989. Today the movement has morphed into a collective of rural and urban registered grassroots women's collectives and subject specialised cells loosely held together by a secretariat. The issues that the organisation focuses on are legal support, livelihood support through craft, rain-fed farming and animal husbandry; collective of Kutch musicians to support their identity and livelihoods; drinking water and housing services, women in governance and a small health program. In all there are 6 units and 4 sanghathans under the umbrella of KMVS. The collective strength of the four Sangathans is more than 16,000 women comprising of Sushasini, a women elected representatives collective working on ensuring an independent voice of women in governance; Sakhi Sangini, a collective of urban slum women of Bhuj city working on improving their housing and infrastructure and livelihoods; Saiyare Jo Sangathan and Ujjas are Taluka based Sangathans working on a range of gender programs. In addition KMVS has promoted Qasab a producer company collective of craft artisans from across the district and two other producer companies working on animal husbandry and one cooperative that runs a women's Bank. The recent Goonj initiative which started with an anti-alcohol movement brought 7000 women together on a common issue.
Objective: KMVS is now looking for a senior professional who has at least 10 years experience working with the women’s movement and who can provide a leadership role in human resource management, administrative, financial and legal responsibility for KMVS and its affiliates. The person should also be able to bring the sanghathan
members together under a common vision and help them network with other similar movements within India and outside.
Role:
Lead KMVS’s re-positioning process as an eminent field based women’s development
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