Social mobilization, maintenance and divorcee women, Panchayati Raj in action, women labour-under contract, gender bias in judicial decisions, family courts, gender-component in the various Commissions' reports for women, violence against women, women's access to health and education in slums etc. to help in formulation of NCW's policies for recommendations. Special studies of NCW focusing on :-

• Development of Health facilities among women belonging to scheduled tribe communities.
• Women of weaker sections - Socio-economic development of scheduled caste women.
• Mentally disabled women
• Credit needs of women - the Gramin Banks e.g.
• Widows of Vrindavan

Research Studies sponsored during the current year are:

• Research Study on  ‘Domestic Violence among Married Women of  BPL Families’
• Research Study on Manipur Muslim Women
• A ‘Policy Research’ Study on Problems & Prospects for Women in the ICTs (Information & Communication Technologies)
• Study of Manipuri Tribal (Kom) Women’s problems accentuated by Insurgency and Ethnic Conflicts
• Research Study proposal on Status of Muslim Women in Andhra Pradesh: A Comparative Study of Muslim Women Employees, House wives and Muslim Women in Self Help Groups.
• Research Study on the ‘Human Rights Violation of Victims of Trafficking’
• Research study on ‘The Activities of NCW’.
• Research Study on the ‘Condition of Women Vendors in the Women Market in Manipur State’
• Study on ‘Violence Against women and related Issues in Mizoram’
• Study on ‘Needs, Problems, Aspiration and Rehabilitation of women  with Disabilities in Rural and Urban areas of Orissa’
• Research Study on ‘Micro-financing of women through SHGs  in Chakdaha Block of Nadia District in West Bengal’
• Research Study on ‘Rehabilitation of Women affected by Erosion and Flood in West Bengal’
• Research study on Manipur Muslim Women
• Research Study on ‘Women Prisoners in UP’
• Research Study on ‘Unemployment among Female  Graduates: an Explorative Study of Self Employment Avenues in UP’
• Research Study on ‘Land Rights of Women of Tripura’
• Research Study on ‘Status of Divorced Muslim Women in the Family as well as Community, their Problems &  Solutions in Uttar Pradesh’ 
• Research Study on ‘Women Workers in Mining Sector in Udaipur & Bhilwara Districts of Rajasthan’.
• Research Study on ‘Role of Women Functionaries in PRI System’
• Research Study on ‘Night Shift for Women: Opportunities & Challenges’.
• Research Study on ‘Empowerment Project for Widows of Farmers in Punjab’ & Seminar on ‘Status of Widows of Farmers who committed Suicide in Punjab’
• Research Study on ‘Rehabilitation of Female Mentally ill Patients’
• Research Study  on ‘Analysis on Economic Impact of Domestic Violence in Karnataka’
• Research Study on ‘Disabilities and Women’
• Study on ‘Monographs of Successful Women Anti-Liquor Movement in Uttaranchal Region’
• Research Study  on Discrimination of Girl Child in Uttar Pradesh
• Research Study on ‘Violence Against Women in India : Special Study of Uttar Pradesh’
• Research Study on ‘Status of Women in Urban Informal Labour Sector in Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh’
• Research Study on ‘Socio-Economic, Health and Nutritional Status of the Elderly Women and their needs in Uttar Pradesh’
• Research Study on Health Care for Women and Girl Children
• Research Study on Status of Women Health in Uttaranchal
• Research Study on ‘Muslim Women in West Bengal’
• Study Report on Inspection of Custodial Institutions for Women such as Protection Homes... in Rajasthan and five States of NE Region
• Research Study on ‘The condition of Women in Handloom in Manipur’
• Research Study on Availability of Microcredit to Women and role of SHGs for uplifting downtrodden women in Tripura
• Research Study on Women with HIV Psycho-Social Prospective
• Research Study on ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards Re-productive Health and Rights among College Adolescents Students’.
• Research Study to Access the Impact of Running of Short Stay Homes and Old Age Homes for Destitute Women.
• Research Study on ‘Empowering Muslim Women in Chandpur Village, Faridabad Distt. (Haryana)’
• Research Study on the Problems of Single Women in the State of Kerala
• Research Study on ‘Status of Women among Tribals in Rajasthan’
• Research Study on Women’s Health and Empowerment in Integrated Child Development Services: An Exploratory Study in West Bengal