COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

CHAPTER-10
National Commission for Women
10.1 The National Commission for women (NCW) was
constituted on 31 st January 1992 under the National
Commission for Women Act, 1990 to participate and
advise on the planning process of socio-economic
development of women and evaluate the progress and
development of women under the Union and the State
Governments. In keeping with its mandate, the
Commission initiated various steps to improve the status
of women and worked for their economic empowerment
during the year under report. The Commission during the
year visited the State of Gujarat and Rajasthan for a review
of the status of women and Crime against the women with
the Chief Secretary and Secretaries of Women and Child
Development, Health and Panchayati Raj and the Director
General of Police and other Police officers. The NCW
received a large number of complaints and acted suo-moto
in several cases to provide speedy justice, took up the issue
of child marriage, sponsored legal awareness programmes,
Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalats and organized workshops/
consultations, constituted expert committees on economic
empowerment of the women, conducted workshop/
seminars for gender awareness and took up publicity
campaign against female foeticide, violence against
women, etc. in order to generate awareness in the society
against these social evils.
Composition
10.2 The composition of the Commission during the period was as under:-
Complaints and Investigation Cell
10.3 The Complaints and Investigation Cell is the core
unit of the Commission. The Cell processes oral/written
complaints/newspaper reports and takes suo-moto notice
of cases under Section 10 of the National Commission for
Women Act, 1990.
Prem Narayan, a resident of Agra approached
NCW’s Public Relation Officer, Ms. Romi Sharma with
a complaint that his niece, a minor girl of 15 years, was
being married off by her father on the assurance of
Rs.50,000/- from the groom’s side. Prem Narayan
requested Ms. Romi Sharma to stop this marriage as
his niece was a minor.
Ms. Sharma immediately got in touch with DCP
and SHO, Bhajanpura and requested them to take
necessary action in the matter. The SHO reached the
spot with police personnel and was able to stop the
marriage just in time.
10.4 The Complaints received relate to different
categories of crimes against women such as domestic
1.Dr.Girija Vyas : Chairperson 16.02.2005–continuing
2.Smt.Yasmeen Abrar : Member 24.05.2005-Continuing
3.Smt.Malini Bhattacharya : Member 26.05.2005-Continuing
4.Smt.Neeva Konwar : Member 27.05.2005-Continuing
5.Smt.Nirmala Venkatesh : Member 05.07.2005-Continuing
6.Smt.Manju Snehlata Hembrom : Member 30.06.2006-Continuing
7.Shri N.P.Gupta : Member Secretary 17.02.2005-Continuing
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