NCW celebrated its 25th Anniversary at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

The National Commission for Women organized a day long national consultation on the "Applicability of Pre-Nuptial Agreements in India” on 18th August, 2017 at 10:30 onward at Conference Hall, National Commission for Women, Plot No. 21, Jasola Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110025

INTERACTIVE MEETING WITH STATE COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, Delhi

Two days Legal Awareness Progarmme organized by District Social Welfare Department, Madurai on 07th to 08th March, 2017 at Maduarai Institute of Social Science, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The participants were given awareness about ‘Swatch Bharat Pakhwara’ wherein staff and officers of DSWD, Madurai appraised cleanliness drive in their district.

Two days Legal Awareness Progarmme organized by Manipur University on 03rd to 04th March, 2017 at Tamenglong districts, Manipur, wherein all invites and participants took part in ‘Swatch Bharat Abhiyan’ pledging to keep their surroundings clean.

The National Commission for Women in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Science "TISS", Mumbai has developed modules for Capacity Building of elected women representatives on 2nd May 2016, the Commission has under taken its first phase of three days "Proof of Concept" (POC) for the modules at Pirawa Block Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

National Commission for Women organized a National Consultation on Surrogacy Issues on 15/10/2015 at Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi

Smt. Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW attended a discussion on Global Education Dialogues – South Asia Series, 2015 – Women and Leadership “The Absent Revolution” organised by British Council on 10-11 February, 2015

Ms. Laldingliani Sailo, Member, NCW attended a two day regional conference of North East States and Sikkim on “Addressing Trafficking of Women and Children” organized by Assam Commission for Women and UNICEF at Guwahati, Assam on 27-28 August, 2014.

Smt. Mamta Sharma, Hon'ble Chairperson, NCW was Chief Guest at Inauguration of the Workshop on "Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace" organized by National Thermal Power Corporation, at Power Management Institute, Noida on 3rd February, 2014.

Ms Hemlata Kheria, Member, NCW was the Chief Guest in the 5th Legal Awareness Programme organised by the Mercy Welfare Society in coordination with the National Commission for Women on 9th December, 2012 at Vijay Nagar in Ghaziabad (UP).

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna Member, NCW was honoured for authoring book, on Law Day, the 26th November, 2012 by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir, the Chief Justice of India who was Chief Guest and Hon’ble Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Union Minister for Law & Justice the Guest of Honour.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna Member, NCW was Chief Guest at Valedictory Session of International Conference on Gender Relations in Developing Societies: A 21st Century Perspective at New Delhi held on 31.10.2012. The International Conference was organised by Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi at New Delhi.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna Member, NCW Guest of Honour at launch of Daily Newspaper ‘Badalta Shasan’ and Role of Media on 30th September, 2012 at Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

The programme was organized by NIDAN, a NGO working for informal workers, women and children at Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna and Shamina Shafique, Members, NCW attended seminar on “Violence against Women Whose concern? on 07.08.2012. The programme was organised All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) on 7th August, 2012 with Financial assistance of National Commission for Women. Ms. Beena Jain, President AIWC welcoming all guests and participants said that the main purpose of this seminar is to find out the causes for the increase in incidents of violence against women in our country. Government and many NGOs are trying their best to address the problem by providing relief services to the victims and also creating awareness towards availability of such services.

National Commission for Women has taken suo moto cognizance of an alleged incident reported in the media wherein a woman who allegedly absconded with another man was disrobed and beaten up by the villagers at Village Polar, Tehsil Sarara, Udaipur. A team lead by Hon’ble Chairperson,NCW, Smt. Mamta Sharma has reached the spot.

The National Consultation on “Strategizing Advocacy for Effective Implementation of Women Friendly Laws”, organized by WomenPowerConnect in collaboration with National Commission for Women was held on 12th July, 2012 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna, Member, NCW visited at Amritsar on 22.06.2012 to discuss ‘Issues concerning women” with special reference to Domestic Violence. The programme was organised by Punjab State Commission for Women, at Amritsar and included collaboration of NGOs, police official and administration.

A delegation from the Commission under the chairpersonship of Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW and the Members, NCW and Chairpersons of the State Women Commission visited her Excellency the President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil on 25th may, 2012.

The committee Included Ms Wansuk Syeim, Member NCW as chairperson and Ms. Anita Agnihotri I.A.S. Member Secretary, NCW and Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, Member NCW as members. The committee also met the CM of West Bengal.

National Commission for Women sponsored and organised a State level Workshop and a Legal Awareness Programme in the model of Chalo Gaon Ki Ore at Beed District Headquarters, Maharashtra on 23rd August, 2012 in association with Dalit Mahila Vikas Mandal, District Satara, Maharashtra and Govt. of Maharashtra. Advocate Varsha Deshpande a Champion of the cause and activist for implementation of PC PNDT Act had planned the event in collaboration with the District Administration

Member NCW, Dr Charu WaliKhanna attended a Seminar on Human Rights and Awareness of Women Rights on 12.2.2012 at Palwal organized by Bhartiya Human Rights Association, at Palwal, Haryana. Delivering the key note address, Member NCW said that violence against women is on the increase and its forms are changing. Instead of using science and technology for investigation and diagnosis of ailments; prevailing are malpractices of sex determination and sex selective elimination. She warned that NCW is monitoring the activities along-with the Ministry of Health and the license will be cancelled of any medical practitioner found indulging in malpractices.

On November 5, 2011 Bank of Maharashtra ‘Mahabank Women Empowerment Programme-SWASHAKTI’ in collaboration with the National Commission for Women, Government of India, New Delhi organized a Workshop/Training to sensitize women employees on ‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment’,at Jog Hall, Lokmangal, Shivajinagar, Pune i.e. Head Office of Bank of Maharashtra.

His Excellency Shri H.R.Bhardwaj, Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka met Dr. Charu Wali Khanna, Member, NCW and Ms. Kareena Thengamam, PRO, NCW during their visit to Bangalore on 16.10.2011. He also released a book on the sexual harassment at work place in Kannada & English, a self-help booklet published jointly by NCW and Canara Bank

Dr. Ms Charu WaliKhanna attended State Level Seminar on Women’s Empowerment and Development-Issues and Challenges organized by Kundan Society at Sawaimadhopur on 3rd October, 2011

A National level consultation on compensation to women victims of crime was organised by the Majlis along with the National Commission for Women on 28, August 2011 at Mumbai.

Hon'ble Chairperson visited Baku, Azerbaijan to attend the Conference on "Cultural rights of National Minorities and Migrants, the Legal aspects and Implementation" on 16th to 18th June, 2011.

The National Commission for Women, New Delhi in collaboration with the Department of the Social Welfare, Govt. of Meghalaya organised a consultation on the topic "Marriageabel Age" with the Chairperson of State Commission for Women of North Eastern States.

National Commission for Women in collaboration with Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs organized a National Seminar on “ISSUES RELATING TO NRI MARRIAGES” on 15th February, 2011 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Chairperson NCW visit Uzhavoor as the chief guest in Mother's meet.

Release of report on the Study on Maternal Mortality Rate & Infant Mortality Rate in the five districts of Bihar

With recent contradictory rulings on the validity of marriage of minor girls and boys, there has been a lot of confusion as to whether marriage between minors is valid or void. There has also been misguides about section 498A of the Dowry Act. In that context, the National Commission for Women organized a consultation on Laws relating to marriage and Dowry at India Habitat Center, New Delhi on 27th August, 2010.

The Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, accompanied by a delegation comprising Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Lok Sabha MPs Girija Vyas and Vishwa Mohan Kumar, Rajya Sabha members Pyarimohan Mohapatra and Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil and senior Parliament officials visited Bhutan on 26/May/2010.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna, Member was Chief Guest in the National Consultation to review Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls – SABLA, implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India organized by NCW in Collaboration with Child in Need Institute [CINI] at Kolkata on 25th February, 2014.

Smt. Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW inaugurated two days National Seminar on Gender and Violence: A challenge for Equitable Society, organised by Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and Research Committee 10 (gender studies) of Indian Sociological Studies (ISS) on 15th October, 2014.

Dr.(Mrs.) Charu WaliKhanna, Member, NCW was Chief Guest “Domestic Workers’ Day - Celebrating Anniversary of ILO Convention 189”. On 17th June the first anniversary of the historical event was celebrated by Domestic Workers’ Forum in collaboration with Caritas India, Nirmala Niketan & ISI with the reaffirmation “Domestic work is work, Domestic Workers and Domestic Work is Not Slavery”.

A team of consisting Ms. Hemlata Kheria and Ms. Shamina Shafiq Members, NCW visited Jaisalmer border areas in order to overview the women situation in the belt attached to BSF camps. During this process, the team accompanied by BSF officials met sarpanch of village Mithauda, situated in border area, adjoining BSF camps, when local villagers, including a sizeable number of women were also present. During the interaction some startling facts came to the notice of the team. This village is a cluster of about 40 shanties. There is rampant Illiteracy. No medical facility either private or public is available. They have to go nearby town/city in case of emergency which is cumbersome. Their houses are name sake. Their 40 huts are scattered in a group of two or more far away from each other. In their local dialect, they call these huts ‘Dhaura’. Their major source of livelihood is animal husbandry. They sell their produce of milk to the cooperatives. Agriculture produce is hardly sufficient to meet their both ends.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna, Member, NCW, was Eminent Speaker at All India Seminar on ‘Directive Principles of Indian Constitution & Inclusive Growth’ on 28th September 2013 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The programme was organized by Confederation of Indian Bar in association with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Meeting with the officers of the Government of Orissa and Press Meet of Dr. Girija Vyas, Hon'ble Chairperson, NCW.

Workshop on “Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace” Organised by Bank of Baroda Staff College, Ahmedabad in collaboration with NCW

The Southern Regional workshop on “Strategizing Advocacy for Effective Implementation of Women Friendly Laws” organized by WomenPowerConnect and the National Commission for Women was held in Chennai on 25 January 2012. The workshop brought together representatives from government agencies, legal bodies, academics and non-government organizations from across Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu including Smt. Anita Agnihotri, Justice Prabha Sridevan, Justice D. Sreedevi, Ms Jyoti Nirmala, Ms. Saraswati Rangaswamy, Ms. Bimla Chandrasekar and Centre for Social Work Director Dr. Ranjana Kumari to discuss concerns regarding the implementation women friendly legislation.

Smt. Shamina Shafiq, Member, NCW attended Seminar on “Facing Challenges in Human Life – with Fear or Trust” organized by New Delhi Times in collaboration Brahm Kumaris on 3oth August, 2014

Smt. Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW with other dignitaries released flagship report “WINGS 2014 – World of India’s Girls” of Save the Children on 19th November, 2014

Member Mrs. Shamina Shafiq attended International Conference Asia-Pacific Gender Studies Conference (Gender Equity: Issue of Theory, Practice and Policy in the Asia - Pacific Region) organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nanital on 21st -22nd March, 2013 at Conference Hall

Ms. Mamta Sharma, Chairperson, NCW and Ms. Shamina Shafiq, Member, NCW delivered a lecture during National Level Seminar which was organized by an NGO in collaboration with NCW at Lucknow on 23rd April, 2013.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna, Member, NCW was Eminent Speaker at "Pravasi Bhartiya Divas" on 07.01.2014 organized by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports during 07-09 January 2014 at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi.

Smt. Mamta Sharma, Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW attended special consultation organized with the Border Security Force in the state of West Bengal by the Special Task Force and the Special Study Expert Committee on Rape, Trafficking and Violence against Women, in the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October 2013.

Dr Charu WaliKhanna met women activists of Jharkhand State in an interaction organised in association with Jharkhand State Commission for Women (JSCW) and the Mayor of Ranchi Ms. Rama. In the presence of JSCW member Vasavi Kiro, Dr. Rose Karetta, Prof Maya Prasad, Maya Sinha, Madhu Gupta and others the participants poured out their grievances. The activists, who came from Lohardaga, Ramgarh, Hazaribagh and Ranchi, are fighting against issues like violence against women, forest rights violation, migration, trafficking, displacement, land disputes, alcoholism, social atrocities and female foeticide among others.

Shiv Vani Model Senior School, Dwarka celebrated the 63rd Republic Day and Prize Distribution Ceremony: Accolades 2012 on January 25, 2012. Dr Charu WaliKhanna, Member, National Commission for Women, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Mr. Vijay Gaur, Secretary, Bhagidari Jan Sahyog Samiti and Mr. Virendra Gupta from Toronto Canada were the Guests of Honour. The school’s NCC cadets presented Guard of Honour to the dignitaries.

Smt. Shamina Shafiq, Member, NCW attended Seminar on “Facing Challenges in Human Life – with Fear or Trust” organized by New Delhi Times in collaboration Brahm Kumaris on 3oth August, 2014

The programme was organized by NAWO in association with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and National Center for Labour on 21.11.2013

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna, Member, was Chief Guest at the Workshop on “Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace - The New Law Every Employer Must Know” organised by Industrial Management Academy, at Hotel Taj Ambassador, New Delhi on 8th May, 2014.

The programme was organized by Madhya Pradesh Police in collaboration with BPR&D, New Delhi, at Nalanda Academic Bhawan, Police Training College, Musakhedi, Indore on 25.07.2013

Smt. Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW was a speaker at the National Consultation to collect recommendations to advance the process of women empowerment hosted by Center for Social Research (CSR), supported by The Asia Foundation on 14th January, 2015.

Member, Ms. Shamina Shafiq, visited Bangluru and had meeting with Karnataka State Commission for Women. Later during the day, she visited Sumangali Sewa Ashram.

A "CODE OF CONDUCT" developed by NCW in collaboration with its partners is another step forward in the history of women's movement after Supreme Court guidelines in Vishaka & Others versus State of Rajasthan & Others.

Dr. Charu Walikhanna, Member, was Guest of Honour at the ‘National Consultation on Protection of Dignity and Rights of Sex Workers’ organized by All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW) on 21.08.2013 at Constitution Club, New Delhi.

The function was organized as a part of Women’s Day Celebrations by Times Group Book at Select Citywalk Mall, Saket, New Delhi on 6th March, 2012. The book JOURNEY OF THE GODDESS was also released simultaneously by Justice (Retd.) Leila Seth the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court.

The National Commission for Women on 30.04.12 launched a 24x7 Toll Free Helpline for Women in distress at J.B. Auditorium, AMA, ATIRA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Number of the helpline is 1800 233 22222 which was launched and the round the clock Toll free help line will be run by NGO – Women Action Group (AWAG).

Member Ms. Nirmala Sawant Prabhavalkar attended the ‘North and West Region Consultation on ‘Violations related to women targeted as Witches’ supported by NCW and organized by Partners for Law in Development and Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti on 29th June, 2012 at Ajmer.

Dr. Charu WaliKhanna Member NCW, attended seminar on “Scheme of Handicrafts- the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hastship Vikas Yojana” at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), Auditorium, New Delhi. The programme was organized by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) Northern Region, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India

Member Shamina Shafiq visited Thiruvanthapuram (Kerala) and held discussions with the Chairperson and members of the State Women Commission. She looked into the possibility of having an investigation team in the Commission on the lines of Kerala State Commission. This Commission is having the investigation team which is headed by a DIG rank officer and a team consisting of various other police officials (men & women) who assist him in the investigation. Member addressed the “Social Welfare Day” organised by the Social Welfare Ministry, Govt. of Kerala when among others eminent personalities, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala Shri O. Chandy, Hon’ble Social Welfare Minister Dr. M.K. Muneer and four other Ministers and Members of Parliament were also present. Later on Member visited Thiruvanthapuram jail and met women prisoners.

On December 8, 2011 Dr Charu WaliKhanna, Member NCW visited the State Commission for Women, Jharkhand at Ranchi for State level Interaction and met the Chairperson Smt. Hemlatha Mohan. The JSCW is doing commendable work and besides signing a memorandum with UN Women on Anti Trafficking, a MOU is also on the anvil with CINI (Child in Need Institute) for a Women’s Protection Cell, the first of its kind. The State Commission has also tied up with Ranchi University in which students as a part of their project will track trafficking and simultaneously create awareness on the problem. The new team comprising Chairperson Smt. Hemlatha Mohan, and Members Smt Vasavi Kiro and Anuradha Choudhury has disposed almost 500 cases after September 7, 2010 as against 550 cases disposed in the past 3 years

Women Municipal Councillors from Karnataka visited National Commission for Women on 31.1.2012. The visit was organised by Urban Research Centre Bangalore as a part of capacity building programme towards strengthening local democracy and citizen participation in urban areas.

The discussion was organised by Ministry of Women & Child Development at Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, new Delhi and attended by women members of Panchayati Raj Institutions from different States/Union territories, in addition to officials of the Ministry

A programme was organized at Bank of India, Management Development Institute, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai on 23rd January, 2012 in collaboration with National Commission for Women. The 76 participants included women employees from all branches of Bank of India. The ‘Code of Conduct’ Poster for Zero Tolerance of Sexual Harassment at Workplace was released on the occasion alongwith the booklet.

Smt. Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Hon’ble Chairperson, NCW headed the jury at a public Hearing organized on the issues faced by Domestic Workers in our country by National Platform of Domestic Workers on 11th November, 2014 at Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road.

Member, NCW, Dr. Charu WaliKhanna was Chief Guest at programme on “Female Foeticide – Sin and Curse”. The function was organized by Vidhi Bharati Parishad in collaboration with Delhi Medical Association and Nav Unnayan on 05.05.2012 at D.M.A House, Dariya Ganj, New Delhi.

Mrs. Mamta Sharma, Chairperson NCW accompanied by Dr. Charu WaliKhanna, Member, NCW attended a Jan Sunwai Programme organized by the NGO Hamari Priyadarshini Ek Vichar, at Swaraj Garden, Ravindra Bhawan, Professor Colony, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. Referring to rising instances of crime, the NCW Chairperson said that Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are the two states in the country where maximum atrocities are committed against women. The state governments’ neglect on this issue is highly unfortunate, she said. During the programme, the Commission received numerous complaints relating to rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment at work place, police apathy etc. Out of the 125 complaints received by the NGO, 90 complaints were considered by the Commission. Most of the complainants were given a personal hearing by Chairperson and Member, NCW and assurance of action to be taken. Accordingly the DGP of Madhya Pradesh State has also been briefed.

The programme was organized by Citizens Rights Trust at St Ann’s Auditorium ICSC on 23.07.2012 . The participants included staff and educationists from St. Ann’s B.Ed College, St. Ann’s M.Ed College, St. Ann’s school ICSC, St.Ann’s school SSC and other eminent women.

Ms Hemlata Kheria and Ms Shamina Shafiq, Member, NCW visited Jodhpur Jail and had interaction with Shri Rakesh Mohan Sharma, Supt of Jail and his associates. They inspected the jail premises and also examined as to whether the facilities being provided to the female inmates were as per the Jail Manual.

On 8th December 2011, Member NCW Dr Charu WaliKhanna took part in the Inaugural Session of ‘Jharkhand State Level Consultation on the Implementation of PCPNDT Act’ at Ranchi and gave her invaluable insights during the discussions. The programme was inaugurated by Smt. Bimla Pradhan, Minister Women & Child Development, in the presence of Smt Hemlata Mohan, Chairperson State Commission for Women, Law Secretary, Director NHRM and World Vision.

An “Elocution Competition” was organised by Delhi Unit of ONGC Officers Mahila Samiti (OOMS) at ONGC Colony, Noida (U.P.), wherein Member was invited as Chief Guest on the last day of the function and to distribute the prizes to the winners. The Members appreciated the efforts of the OOMS and stressed that the topics covered by them i.e. "Nari Ko Devetva Nahin Vyaktitva Chahiye" or "Nari Samaj Ka Darpan Hai" were need of the hour.