Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that One Stop Centres to help women who have faced violence have been established in over 700 districts across the country and around 8.3 lakh women have received help through them. The One Stop … Read more
NCW said it will send a two-member fact finding team “to meet the family of the victim and the concerned authorities” NCW said it will send a two-member fact finding team “to meet the family of the victim and the concerned authorities” The National Commission for Women will send a two-member fact finding team to … Read more
From being an ordinary karyakarta of the BJP in the early 1990s, Baby Rani Maurya became the first woman mayor of Agra in 1995. Known as the Dalit face of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, she played a key role in strengthening the party’s outreach among Scheduled Castes in UP. The 65-year-old served in the … Read more
The National Commission for Women has sent a notice to the Director General of Police, West Bengal to appear before it in person on May 31 with complete action taken reports on incidents of alleged violence against women in the state after assembly polls. The NCW had set up an inquiry committee while taking suo … Read more
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday underlined the importance of integration for empowerment of people from the northeast, and said respecting and accepting those from other regions are key to national integrity. Addressing a National Commission for Women webinar on ‘Issues and Challenges faced by North-Eastern Women in Metropolitan Cities & Empowering Them’, Rijiju … Read more