Abstract

No one can doubt that the last half century has seen a marked change in the character of our society where women have gained immense position in Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI). The State of Sikkim has always welcomed various strategies for women empowerment. Empowering women through decentralisation and 73^rd Constitutional Amendment Act is effective and crucial indicator that leads good governance and promotes equality in political system which is taken to be good thing. The present paper is an attempt to locate the study in an empirical situation to analyse the experiences of women representative in Panchayati Raj Institution in Sikkim. The study examines the factors of motivation to get into politics, and with the changing role situation what kinds of problems the Panchayat Representative faces in everyday life.