Member NCW Ms Archana Majumdar visited the One Stop Centre in Varanasi to review its functioning and ensure comprehensive support for women in distress on 23 December 2024

Students from JNU visited the National Commission for Women to gain practical insights into its vital role in promoting womens rights on 19 December 2024

This collaborative workshop by NCW and LBSNAA aims to equip DMs with the knowledge and strategies needed to champion womens rights and build safer communities on 16 December 2024

Honble Chairperson of the National Commission for Women Ms Vijaya Rahatkar convened a meeting at the Bhopal Police Commissionerate with senior police officers and personnel handling women related cases to review the status of womens safety in Madhya Pradesh

The National Commission for Women is at your doorstep a Public Hearing for women at the National Library of India Kolkata on 12 Dec 2024

NCW team led by Member Mamta Kumari conducted an inspection of the Central Jail Kapurthala, and the One Stop Centre Kapurthala on 10th Dec 2024

Chairperson NCW had a courtesy meeting with Union Tribal Affairs Minister and senior leader Shri Jual Oram. There were heartfelt discussions regarding the safety, respect and empowerment of tribal women

Honorable Chairperson NCW had meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Honorable Shri Om Birla at Parliament Office

Two days Interactive Meeting with State Women Commission on 5 6 December 2024

In Madgaon Goa held extensive interaction with NGOs working in the fields of education health womens empowerment environment conservation etc

Policy Formulation Training Programme for Women Farmers and Women Agripreneurs is being organized from 27th to 29th November 2024 at CCS NIAM Campus, Jaipur

NCW Chairperson Smt Vijaya Rahatkar inaugurated the PINK BUS in Bikaner Rajasthan a unique initiative ensuring women friendly transport on 26 November 2024

NCW Chairperson Smt Vijaya Rahatkar met with the Honble President of India Smt Draupadi Murmu ji on 25th November 2024 to discuss key issues and challenges affecting women across the Nation

International Yoga Day on 21 June 2024

National Commission for Women organises Northern and Final Law Review Consultation on Rights of Women under Property Law on 1st June 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi

National Commission for Women Foundation Day celebration SANKALP SE SIDHHI on 31st January 2024 at Bharat Mandapam Pragati maidan

RANN UTSAV Kutch Gujarat 21 to 31 December 2023

Seminar on Sex Workers and their Children Legal Helth Occupational and Educational Challenges on 6th November 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan

National Commission for Women Empowered Muslim Women with Awareness Program on Women Centric Laws and Schemes Lucknow September 14 2023

National Commission for Women NCW Netflix and Annapurna Studios hosted a significant event in on Hyderabad 11th September 2023

National Commission for Women organises a seminar on Cyber Safety and Digital Empowerment at Vigyan Bhawan on 9th August 2023

The National Commission for Women organized a significant seminar on empowering Nomadic and Semi Nomadic tribes  and sex workers in Bhopal Madhya Pradesh on  28th July 2023  

The National Commission for Women and FICCI FLO united to tackle gender gaps in the Corporate Sector in Mumbai on 14th July 2023

The National Commission for Women NCW organised a seminar in Mumbai on Wednesday focusing on the various challenges faced by sex workers and their children including legal health occupational and educational issues on 12th July 2023

Chairperson National Commission for Women visited the Central Jail in Srinagar where she met and interacted with 47 women inmates She directed the jail authorities to provide proper legal aid to the inmates through the District Legal Service Authority DLSA She also emphasized on providing weekly counselling sessions and medical checkup of the women inmates on 28 June 2023

Awareness Programme on NRI Marriages Dos and Donts A Way Forward is organised by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and Gujarat University Ahmedabad sponsored by National Commission for Women on 21st June 2023 Programme was addressed by The Chairperson NCW

Chairperson National Commission for women Member and Special Rapporteur along with an Adv from DSLSA visited Women Prison Jail No 6 of Tihar Jail Sh Beniwal DG Prison Delhi Police welcomed The Chairperson The team observed skill training programs creche facilities grievances of inmates counseling facilities sanitation and hygiene management The initiative of in house Radio FM and Handloom weaving was marvelous on 07 June 2023

National Commission for Women announced launch of 100 Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes for women entrepreneurs across India in the 1st program Shri Mangubhai Patel Honble Governor MP was the chief Guest and Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai Honble MoS was the guest of Honour on 2nd June 2023

National Commission for Women conducted a jan sunwai at the Sardar Patel Bhawan Auditorium at Patna Bihar in which complaints and grievances of aggrieved women were taken up The hearing was chaired by Chairperson and  Members were also present in the hearing on 16 May 2023

Chairperson National Commission for Women visited One Stop Centre at Kupwara and held a meeting with officers of Social Welfare Departments WCD District police officers social workers and women beneficiaries of central government schemes on 29th April 2023

National Commission for Women is conducting a 2 Day Training and Workshop to improve Efficiency and Effectiveness in Office for NCW Officers by Shr  Gopinath Prabhu and Shri Arvind Kulkarni Faculties from Kaizen Institute at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy Dehradun on 22 April 2023 

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated as Chief Guest and shared her insights at the Radio City Sheroes 2023 organized by radio city india to felicitate the efforts of Women Achievers and Organizations on 31 March 2023

National Commission for Women organized a Womens Awareness Conclave in collaboration with Bhilai Mahila Mahavidyalaya at Kala Mandir Bhilai Chairperson NCW participated as Chief Guest and shared her insights with the women SHGs attending the conclave on 25th March 2023

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated as Guest of Honour and shared her insights at the National Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking organised by Shakti Vahini at Ashok Hotel New Delhi on 23rd March 2023

Chairperson National commission for Women shares her address with the audience on the Role of Media and Entertainment in Empowering Women organized by National Commission for Women in collaboration with Netflix India on 03 March 2023

Chairperson NCW addressed the conference on Empower Women Empower Nation on The Way Forward to Womens Empowerment organized by ASSOCHAM She shared her insights on women empowerment being crucial for economic development on 01 March 2023

Chairperson National Commission for Women held a meeting with un women india Country Representative and other senior officials They explored potential areas of collaboration to enhance gender equality in India and exchanged ideas on initiatives taken by both the organizations on 21 February 2023

Chairperson NCW presised a meeting of stakeholders of JK and Ladakh organized by national Commission for Women and  Social Welfare Department and TISS Mumbai to strengthen response to gender based violence through greater coordination The meeting was attended by around 75 stakeholders in Jammu on 10 February 2023

Panel Discussion on the occasion of 31st Foundation day of National commission for Women on 01 February 2023

Republic Day Celebration on 26th January 2023

NCW organises all india DG IG Prison Meeting at India Internationnal Centre New Delhi on 10 January 2023

Lt Gen Retd Gurmit Singh the Honourable Governor of Uttarakhand and Chairperson National Commission for Women held a meeting today to discuss possibilities for collaboration on initiatives to advance the economic and digital empowerment of women in the state on 21st December 2022

National Commission for Women is organizing a Seminar on Awareness on Anti Human Trafficking in collaboration with Maharashtra Police and Maharashtra State Commission for Women Chairperson national Commission for Women shared her inaugural address with the participants on 16th December 2022

National Commission for Women organized an Awareness Seminar on Anti Human Trafficking in Kalimpong Chairperson National Commission for Women graced the occasion and addressed the audience The seminar focused on creating awareness about human trafficking on 04 December 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated and shared keynote address at the One Day National Seminar on Life Skill Development organized by NCW in collaboration with Department of Students Welfare and Internal Complaints Committee University of Kashmir on 30 November 2022

Chairperson participated and shared her insights in the inaugural ceremony of the Karnataka State Commission for Womens Silver Jubilee Programme along with Honble Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other dignitaries held at Vidhan Soudha on 27 November 2022

Chairperson national Commission for Women visited Byculla jail and met with the women inmates and officials of the jail administration on 21 November 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women launched Samvednas RACE Lab as signed an MoU with the NGO and Gujarat University Ahmedabad to establish a framework for collaboration and cooperation for research advocacy and capacity building on Anti Human Trafficking on 19th October 2022

Libraries are houses of knowledge and taking a step towards the knowledge enhancement of employees the National Commission for Women has inaugurated a new library in its office in New Delhi which was inaugurated by Chairperson NCW on 26th September 2022

National Commission for Women organised a Round Table on Women Empowerment in India and CSR as a Catalyst in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry in Mumbai Maharashtra CSR Heads and senior management of various organisations participated in the discussion on 15th September 2022

Chairperson National Commision for Women visited Central Jail Bhopal and met with the women inmates of the jail She also interacted with the inmates and the officials of the jail administration on 12th September 2022

The National Commission for Women organized its first-ever Consultation for transwomen Inclusion Amplified Transwomen in India Problems and Prospects on 07 September 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women called on the Honble Vice President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar at Upa Rashtrapati Nivas on 3rd October 2022

A delegation of 9 students from Ladakh interacted with Chairperson National Commission for Women and shared their experiences and career aspirations The students were on a week long exposure trip to Delhi organised by NCW under the Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat initiative on 29 August 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women met Honble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath ji in Lucknow and discussed about MissionShakti a Scheme run by the UP Government for empowering women of the State on 25th August 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women met Honble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis and discussed issues related to women safety and effective redressal of problems of women in the State on 21st August 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated as Chief Guest and shared her insights at the State Convening on Use and Abuse of Technology in Human Trafficking organized by Maharashtra State Commission for Women in association with Alliance against Centres of Trafficking and The Counter Trafficking Group on 14 August 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women met Honble Chief Minister Haryana at Haryana Bhawanand discussed about the awareness programs NCW is planning to run in every district of the state She also thanked the Honble CM for extending all possible help to the Commission on 24th July 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women inaugurated Legal Cell aimed to resolve grievances of women by providing free legal assistance at Telangana State Commission for Women in Hyderabad on 18th July 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated and shared her insights at the inaugural ceremony of the series of Awareness Programmes on NRI Marriages launched by National Commission for Women across different districts of Punjab to create awareness around the topic on 11 July 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women shared her insights as she addressed the participants of the One Day Capacity Building Programme for Women Traders in Manipur organised by MCW in collaboration with Manipur State Commission for Women at Imphal on 5th July 2022

Member Secretary NCW and other senior officials of the Commission chaired a meeting with Chairperson and Members of the Empowerment Committee for Women Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and discussed issues concerning women of Meghalaya on 27th June 2022

National Commission for Women organized 3 day Workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives MLAs under She Is A Changemaker project a pan India capacity building programme of the Commission for improving leadership skills of women representatives at all levels 22th to 24th June 2022

NCW organises Final Law Review Consultation on The Maternity Benefit Act 1061 and 2017 Amendment on 18 June 2022

Honble PM hosted a delegation of Women Students from Nagaland The Delegation is visiting Delhi as part of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat initiative The meeting of the delegation with the Honble PM was organised by National Commission for Women on 09 June 2022

Consultation on Transnational Access to Justice to Women Deserted in NRI Marriages Policy and Procedural Gaps on 01 June 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women chaired the first Monitoring Committee Meeting constituted under Violence Free Home A Woman s Right project an initiative of providing psycho social legal services to women survivors of violence in collaboration with TISS 

Chairperson held a hearing with Rajkumar Gupta SP Dausa and IO Satyanarayan Yadav in the Dausa gangrape and murder case NCW has observed some serious lapses in the investigation and has directed further action accordingly Compliance has to be apprised at the earliest on 04 th May 2022

National Commission for Women organised a workshop on Leadership Development Programme for Chairpersons of State Commissions for Women in collaboration with MIT School of Government and MIT World Peace University Pune Chairperson NCW shared the inaugural address at the workshop on 21st to 23rd  April 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women held a Mahila Jansunwai at Circuit House Ludhiana She took up 65 complaints and issued directions to concerned authorities for appropriate action DC Ludhiana Shri Varinder Kumar Sharma and other senior police officials were present in the jansunwai on 12 April 2022

A few snippets of National Commission for Women She the Changemaker program held in collaboration with the Kerala Institute of Local Administration Chairperson National Commission for Women interacted with women representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions who participated in the training on 07 April 2022

National Commission for Women organised a visit for the delegation of college students from Jammu and Kashmir to Ministry of Women and Child Devlopment where these students got an opportunity to meet Honble Minister WCD and Honble Governor of Uttar Pradesh on 1st April 2022

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated as Guest of Honour and shared her insights on Turning a new leaf Racing towards a more inclusive future at The Economic Times presents Best Organisations for Women 2022 on 30th March 2022

Seminar on Racial Diversity Sensitization on 26th March 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan  New Delhi

Chairperson National Commission for Women participated as Guest of Honour and shared her valuable insights in the Consultation on Strengthening Access to Justice and Law Enforcement Response to the Crime of Human Trafficking organised by Shakti Vahini in Chandigarh on 24th March 2022

Chairperson NCW participated as Chief Guest in the International Womens Day 2022 Day celebrations organised by Non Collegiate Womens Education Board University of Delhi and Shaikshik Foundation on 15th March 2022 

Chairperson NCW inaugurated a Legal Awareness program organized by Karnataka State Women for Commission in Bengaluru as part of International Womens Day celebrations

Chairperson NCW visited and met the female inmates of Bangalore Central jail She also distributed release certificates to women who who completed their sentence on 14th March 2022

NCW Celebrating Women Extraordinaire on International Womens Day on 08th March 2022

NCW organised a NukkadNatak in Delhi on topics concerning issues of women and to promote awareness on their overall development on 08th March 2022

Smt Meeta Rajivlochan IAS Member Secretary National Commission for Women addressing at Empowering Women Entrepreneurs 2022 on 7th March 2022 

NCW organised a Capacity Building Programme for Women in Politics in collaboration with State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Mizoram Members of Local Councils under Aizawl Municipal Corporation participated in the training on 25th February 2022

Final Consultation on Review of Ceiminal Law Improvement in status of Women 18th February 2022

Chairperson NCW met with Honble Governor Odisha Prof Shri Ganeshi Lal and discussed various issues pertaining to welfare of women in the state She also discussed initiatives and ways to strengthen women of Odisha on 16th February 2022

Chairperson NCW participated as Chief Guest and shared her valuable insights as keynote speaker on Self Actualisation A Step Towards Power Sharing at the 32nd National Meet of Forum of Women in Public Sector WIPS on 11th february 2022

Interactive Meeting with Delhi Police

Webinar on Addressing Polygamy in Arunchal Pradesh on 11 June 2021

Chairperson participated in the webinar organised by NCW  on the occasion of  International Day Of Yoga on 21 June 2021

Webinar organised by NCW on the occasion of International Day of Yoga

Webinar on Promoting Womens Health by Introducing Yoga in Daily Life held on  21 June 2021

Chairperson NCW held a meeting with Chairpersons of State Commissions for Women to discuss notable initiatives taken for ensuring safety and welfare of women especially during the pandemic SCWs apprised NCW of the work done for bringing relief to women in distress on 10 June 2022

1st Regional Consultation on Review of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and the 2017 Amendment held on 12 June 2021

Session on Health of Pregnant Women during COVID-19 on 27 May 2021

Webinar on Womens Safety  Ethico Legal Dimensions organised by the Centre for Womens Studies at Central University of Kerala on 25 May 2021

FB Live on Health of Pregnant Women during COVID 19 May 2021

Consultation on Acid Attack-Prevention, Prohibition, Rehabilitation organized by NCW held on 10 May 2021

Online session for participants of Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship program on 19 April 2021

हिंदी के प्रचार-प्रसार को बढ़ावा देने के लिए राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग में हिंदी कार्यशाला का आयोजन किया गया जिसमे आयोग के अधिकारियों एवं अन्य सदस्यों ने हिस्सा लिया 15 April 2021

NCW organized a one day online training on functions of Internal Committee under the PoSH Act for members of Manesar Industries Welfare Association on 13 April 2021

GP Himachal Pradesh Shri Sanjay Kundu paid a courtesy visit to Chairperson Ms Rekha Sharma at the NCW Office on 12 April 2021

Interactive Meeting with State Commissions for Women

Rekha Shrma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women met with DGP, Uttar Pradesh & discussed about pending complaints and Police's role in tackling crime against women.

Legal Awareness camp held in Bhandara Maharashtra under the collaborative campaign of National Commission for Women & NALSA. The programme aims to legally empower women and to make them aware of the channels available for grievance redressal.

A Consultation on Standing Operating procedure for handling of Rape Victims with NALSA on 15th January 2021 at Conference Hall NCW

@NCWIndia held a regional consultation on "Reviewing laws related to Inter-State #Women #MigrantWorkers Member Shyamala S Kundar discussed the issue of 'Special Vulnerability of #Women #MigrantWorkers in the 1st session

Issue of #DomesticWorkers, majority of whom consist of #Women and their exclusion from existing frame of #LabourLaws were discussed.

Session 2 discussed challenges in grassroot implementation of #Law and #PolicyMeasures related to #Women #MigrantWorkers Measures such as enhanced #EmploymentOpportunities in the parent state and starting information management from #Panchayats to better implement laws for #MigrantWorkers were suggested.

Session 3 discussed #Women #MigrantWorkers and #LabourLaw: Identifying Gaps and Exploring Remedial Measures where suggestions such as setting up of a dedicated workforce to collect and maintain information on #MigrantWorkers were discussed.

National Commission for Women held 2nd Advisory Committee meeting via video-conference today with external members, advisories & State Commissions to discuss on major/important activities of the Commission to be taken up during the current year plan #AatmaNirbharBharatAbhiyaan

Reviews on redressal mechanism & support system for protection of women from crimes & violence, mental healthcare, cyber security are concern areas that the Commission will respond & adapted to new circumstances, such as online counselling, shelter homes, emergency response chat-boxs. #WomenSafety

The involvement of #OneStopCentres #Anganwadi & #WomenHelpline workers in rural areas will continue to spread & train in legal awareness support.

Skill training for women-led enterprise will align with current MSME's schemes to support women entrepreneurs to sustain the vision of #AatmaNirbharBharat

Thank you School of Law, Sharda University for inviting the Chairperson Smt. Rekha Sharma and Member Dr.Rajul Desai from National Commission for Women to be part of the discussion on Measures to curb Domestic Violence amid the Lockdown

National Commission for Women conducted an online Regional Consultation on "Reviews of Laws Relating to Inter-State Women Migrant Workers", and in context to the challenges & impact of #Covid_19india pandemic crises.

National Commission for Women has organized a Seminar on "Prevention & Abolition of Witch Hunting" in collaboration with Centre for Women Studies, Dibrugarh University, Assam.

The Members of the Commission met and discussed issues relating to women of Mizoram with Shri P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, Honorable Governor of Mizoram

Interactive Meeting held with State Commission for Women (North East Region) at Aizwal, Mizoram. Discussions on measures taken by SCW on online complaint redressal mechanism, safety & security of women and other empowerment of women activities.

An Inquiry team led by NCW Chairperson visited the Allahabad University Campus, interacted with acting Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer & Girls Students to take stock of complaints against allegation of women security in the Campus.

Educational visit hosted for 40 students from Noida International University on 10.02.2020 at  NCW office, Explained the functioning of the Commission in matters of Dowry, Women-Guardianship, Human Trafficking, Sex Workers, and initiatives taken by NCW to deal with such issues.

NCW held the 3rd Regional Consultation at Guwahati (Assam) on, "Female Labour Force Participation in India" organized at National Law University & Judiciary Academy (NLUJA) in association with VV Giri National Law Institute on 06.02.2020. Spread over three sessions, the deliberations were over key concerns regarding FLFPR and Impact of existing Women related Legislations and Child Protection Policies. NCW Member Smt. Soso Shaiza was present at the Consultation and led one of the Sessions as well.

NCW Chairperson Smt. Rekha Sharma met with Women Farmers from Farm Suicide States (suicide-effected families), with help of MAKAAM NGO to discuss about challenges faced by them in current scenario.

Prize Distribution Function Gender Sensitization and Legal Awareness Programe for the students of Kendriya Vidyalayas Delhi Region at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 

The National Commission for Women organized a Gender Sensitisation workshop for police officials of Andaman & Nicobar islands on 22nd October, 2019 . Smt. Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women chaired the workshop and spoke about the role of police to curb the crimes against women and how to empathise with rape victims and treat them when they approach them for filing complaint.

@NCWIndia in collaboration with IIM Kashipur organized a seminar on 'Gender stereotyping in Campus Placement' at IIM campus where member Chandramukhi Devi and Member Secretary Meenakshi Gupta participated.

The National Commission for Women has convened a meeting of all State Commissions for Women today in the premises of the Commission in New Delhi to discern and share good practices.

Mahila Jan Sunwai, chaired by Member Ms. Soso Shaiza, was held in South Delhi today for effective and speedy resolution of complaints received by the National Commission for Women

ACP South District of Delhi Police and representatives of District Legal Legal Service (DLSA) were also present.

Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India

Member Smt. Chandramukhi Devi called on Smt. Draupadi Murmu, Hon'ble Govenor of Jharkhand at Raj Bhawan in #Ranchi

They discussed at length various issues related to women in the state.

Smt. Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women, along with Member Smt. Chandramukhi Devi, Ms. Soso Shaiza and Member Smt. Kamlesh Devi called on Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at his residence on 2nd January, 2019.

On 28.12.208, the National Commission for Women conducted two Mahila Jan Sunwais in Uttar Pradesh.

The 2nd Mahila Jan Sunwai was held at Police Line, #Agra and was chaired by Member Smt. Kamlesh Gautam.

Superintendent of Police, Agra and concerned IOs of cases were present and 52 cases were taken up by the NCW team.

Glimpses of the Mahila Jan Sunwai organised by the National Commission for Women on 28.12.2018 in #Ghaziabad

The Jan Sunwai was chaired by Member Smt. Chandramukhi Devi. Officers of Uttar Pradesh Police including SP Ghaziabad and SDPO, DLSA advocates and Protection Officer of Welfare Deptt., Uttar Pradesh are also present.

Member Ms. Soso Shaiza attended a 'Consultation on Human Trafficking' organized by PRAYAS - to commemorate their 30 years journey of combating Human Trafficking- on 13.12.2018 in New Delhi. Survivors of human trafficking attended the programme and shared their stories.

A two-day #LegalAwarenessProgramme was organised in Belonia District in South Tripura. Participants were made aware of their legal rights, and the procedure and method of access to the legal system. The programme was sponsored by the National Commission for Women and organised by Tripura State Commission for Women.

Smt. Rekha Sharma chairs the 2nd consultation meeting for finalising tools of #SwadharGreh survey today at the Commission.

Member Ms. Soso Shaiza, Member Smt. Chandramukhi Devi, senior officials of NCW and various stakeholders are also present.

The National Commission for Women, in partnership with Facebook and Cyber Peace Foundation, launched the ''Digital Literacy & Online Safety Programme for North East Women'' in Imphal, Manipur. The North East edition of the ''Digital Literacy Programme'' was launched by Dr. Najma Heptulla, Hon''ble Governor of Manipur. Ms. Nemcha Kipgen, Hon''ble Minister of Social Justice & Cooperation, Smt. Rekha Sharma, Hon''ble Chairperson, National Commission for Women, Ms. Soso Shaiza, Hon'ble Member, National Commission for Women were also present for the launch. Over 400 students from Imphal and various districts of Manipur participated in the inauguration function and attended the first ''Digital Shakti'' training programme.

Member Smt. Soso Shaiza and Member Smt. Chandramukhi Devi interacted with final semester LLB students visiting from Durgapur Institute of Legal Studies, West Bengal on November 29th 2018

The National Commission for Women (NCW) organized a one-day consultation regarding law review on “Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace” (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 on November 17th, 2018 in the premises of the National Commission for Women, New Delhi.

The National Commission for Women as per its mandates has been reviewing legal safeguards for women and recommending remedial legislatives measures.

In compliance with its mandates and considering the recent spurt in sexual harassment reported in the media, it was decided to take up the review of the POSH Act with a view to examine whether existing provisions of the Act require any amendments.

Experts including Justice Sujata Manohar (Retd.), Justice G. Rohini (Retd.), Prof. (Dr) G.S. Bajpai, Registrar, National Law University, New Delhi, Advocate Flavia Agnes, Advocate Madhu Mehra, Ms. Suneeta Dhar, Pam Pajput, Prof. (Dr.) Mrinal Satish, various other stakeholders attended the meeting to deliberate on the various lacunae identified in the Act and made recommendations for the proper implementation of the Act in addressing the issues of sexual harassment of women at all workplaces in the country.

As part of #vigilanceweek2018, Smt. Rekha Sharma administered the ''Integrity Pledge'' at the Commission today. National Commission for Women employees took the Pledge affirming their commitment to eradicate corruption and to uphold the highest standards of honesty and integrity at all times.

A consultation meeting on ‘Economic Rehabilitation of Women Deserted by NRI Husbands’ was organised by the National Commission for Women on 23/10/2018 at the Centre for Social Work, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The broad purpose of this meeting was to formulate a systematic plan of partnership between NCW and NGOs in #Punjab for measures towards rehabilitation of women and their children affected on account of various issues arising from #NRIMarriages

The meeting was chaired by Shri K.L. Sharma, Joint Secretary, NCW

Gender Sensitization Programme for Himachal Pradesh Police at 2nd IRBn Sakoh in Dharamshala. Around 60 police of rank of SI, ASI, and Head Constable, a medical officer, and an NGO representative participated in the workshop on 05/10/2018

Shri Alok Rawat, Member, National Commission for Women visited #Chhattisgarh to take review all women-related central government schemes and their implementation in the State. Shri Alok Rawat, Member, National Commission for Women visited Chhattisgarh to take review all women-related central government schemes and their implementation in the State. Representatives of the Chhattisgarh Women & Child Development Deptt. and Heath Deptt. were also present.

This week is International Week of the Deaf and today representatives of the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) visited the Commission to raise awareness about the Deaf Community, sign languages, and the rights of deaf individuals.

Smt. Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women met the team of Gauravi (Sakhi)- #OneStopCentre in Bhopal. Their tireless efforts to ensure safety and security for distressed women through services ranging from social support, counselling, legal aid and temporary shelter is admirable.

Smt. Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women with ‘Aayog Sakhis’ of Madhya Pradesh. These ‘Aayog Sakhis’ are part of a committee formed by the Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Women for speedy redressal of complaints at the block and district level. Aside from complaint redressal, ''Aayog Sakhis'' also work tirelessly to enable women to understand the method of access to the legal systems by conducting legal awareness programmes at district and sub-district levels in the state.

Special Programme to Felicitate Dr Najma Heptulla, Honorable Governor of Manipur on being awarded Outstanding Parliamentarian Award

Panel Discussion titled "Perspective : Political Participation & Representation of Women in India" - Venue - Auditorium, National Commission for Women, New Delhi, Delhi

As part of the National Commission for Women’s (NCW) ongoing endeavor to bring a higher level of sensitivity among police personnel, the Commission conducted a one-day Gender Sensitization Training Programme for the Bihar Police force on 17th July at the Bihar Agriculture Management & Extension Training Institute (BAMETI), Patna, Bihar.

NCW organized gender sensitization workshop in Kerala Police Academy on 05.07.2018, 700 police officials / trainees attended the workshop.