COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

Chairperson and Members of NCW with Members of the Pakistan delegation.
— A four member delegation of Pakistan’s National
Commission for the Status of Women (NCSW)
visited NCW and interacted with the Chairperson
and Members under the aegis of the United Nations
Development Programme. Both the sides shared the
view that they have similar problems and similar
issues vis-à-vis women. They also intended to set
up an apex body of women organizations from all
nations in the South Asia region.
Important Seminars, public hearing /
workshops sponsored by NCW.
10.26 During the year, 40 seminars/public hearing/
workshops were sponsored. Some of them are mentioned
below:
— A two day national seminar on ‘Women, Work and
Human Rights’ organized by Gujarat Women’s
Action Group at Ahmedabad on the 6 th and 7 th May
2006.
— A Regional Workshop on ‘Tribal Women in
Mainstream of Development at Udaipur held on
June 18-19, 2006.
— A State level conference on ‘Violence against Dalit’
on 27 th June 2006 at Delhi.
— A Regional Workshop on “Declining Female Sex-
Ratio in the North Eastern Region”, at Guwahati,
Assam.
— The Commission organized a Seminar on the
“Prevention and Combating Human Trafficking with
special focus on Children and Women” on 21st
November,2006 at Guwahati.
— Seminar on Women with Disability at Jalapaiguri
(WB) organized by Seba Sangha, Dist. Jalpaiguri
(WB)
— Awareness Programme on Bal Vivah Virodh
Abhiyan at Bhilwara, Jodhpur, Bundi, Chittorgarh,
and Jalore (Rajasthan), Rohtak(Haryana).
— Awareness pogramme on HIV/AIDS prevention at
Raiganj, Distt. Dinajpur, West Bengal.
— State Level Seminar on “Handicraft and Income for
Naga Women: Prospects and Challenges” at
Dimapur, Nagaland.
10.27 Research Studies sponsored by NCW
— Research Study on “Single Women Problems and
their implications”.
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