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National Commission For Women (NCW)
National Commission For Women (NCW)
Table of Contents
1. National Commission for Women (NCW)
1.1. A brief history of National Commission Women
1.2. Mission
1.3. Vision
2. Constitution of the National Commission for Women
3. Mandate/functions of the National Commission for
Women
4. Government efforts for the protection and welfare of
women
4.1. Constitutional provisions
4.2. Acts and schemes
5. News about NCW
6. Way forward
1975.
Mission
To strive towards enabling women to achieve equality.
To facilitate equal participation in all spheres of life by
securing her due rights and entitlements through
suitable policy formulation, legislative measures,
effective enforcement of laws, and implementation of
schemes/policies.
Devising strategies for solutions to specific
problems/situations arising out of discrimination and
Vision
The Indian Woman, secure in her home and outside, is fully
empowered to access all her rights and entitlements, with
the opportunity to contribute equally in all walks of life.
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an officer who is a member of a civil service of the
Union or an all-India service or holds a civil post
under the Union with appropriate experience
under the Union with appropriate experience
Way forward
The National Commission for Women’s scope needs to be
expanded in light of the nation’s changing demands for
women.
All this calls for a holistic effort from each leg of the legal
and executive side to come together to achieve equality,
development, and peace as well as to the fulfillment of
women’s and girls’ human rights.
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