{"id":53794,"date":"2019-11-07T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=53794"},"modified":"2019-11-07T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T06:51:17","slug":"answered-is-the-national-commission-for-women-able-to-strategise-and-tackle-the-problems-that-women-face-at-both-public-and-private-spheres-give-reasons-in-support-of-your-answer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-is-the-national-commission-for-women-able-to-strategise-and-tackle-the-problems-that-women-face-at-both-public-and-private-spheres-give-reasons-in-support-of-your-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Is the National Commission for Women able to strategise and tackle the problems that women face at both public and private spheres? Give reasons in support of your answer."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Discuss how National Commission for Women been able to tackle problems faced by women? Also mention failures of National Commission for Women to tackle women issues.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

National Commission for Women is a statutory organization formed in 1992. It is mandated to review the constitutional and legal safeguards for women; recommend remedial legislature measures; facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How <\/strong>National Commission for Women been able to\ntackle problems faced by women?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Since its inception, the Commission has occupied\na considerable space in protecting the rights of weaker section of the\npopulation on gender lines. <\/li>
  2. In the past, it has proposed the amendments to\nthe acts such as IPC, 1860 to curb the sale of minor girls, Hindu Marriage Act\n1955 to omit epilepsy as grounds for divorce, Dowry Prohibition Act in order to\nbring the problems of Dowry deaths in to the lime light and deal with them\nappropriately etc.<\/li>
  3. It had also proposed the Protection of Women\nfrom Domestic Violence Bill which was passed in 2005.<\/li>
  4. In recent times, the Commission has adopted the\nmulti-pronged strategy of assisting women in redressal of their grievances,\nfacilitating speedy delivery of justice to women by organising Parivarik Mahila\nLok Adalats in different parts of the country as well as launching the\nawareness campaign regarding women\u2019s rights. <\/li>
  5. NCW was instrumental in the campaign against\nTriple Talak and conducted detailed studies about the practice in various\nnations. It sought to protect women from arbitrary divorces.<\/li>
  6. NCW has undertaken various steps for the\nrehabilitation of acid attack victims .It has also recommended legislative and\npolicy initiatives for preventing acid attacks.<\/li>
  7. NCW has regularly held seminars, research as\nwell as awareness drive. It has also partnered with NGOs and provided them with\ngrants to widen its reach.<\/li>
  8. NCW has undertaken inspection of jails and\npromoted the idea of violence free home. The government should take steps to\nmake the body more independent. <\/li>
  9. Further, its Research Cell looks into the\nemerging problems of Indian women due to discrimination and gender bias.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Failure of <\/strong>National Commission for Women to tackle women\nissues:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. There are examples which shows that the Commission has not been able to come up to the expectations of women in India. For example, on the other serious issue of use of sexual violence against women by police and army personnel in the highly militarised areas of Jammu and Kashmir, north-east and now Chhattisgarh, there has been a silence on this on the part of the commission. <\/li>
    2. NCW has been often criticised for its inability to effectively strategise and tackle the problems faced by women at both public and private spheres. <\/li>
    3. NCW found itself in the midst of controversy for its report on the Mangalore pub attacks. Later, on NCW member involved in the controversy was removed on disciplinary grounds. <\/li>
    4. NCW\u2019s recommendations regarding section 497 of Indian Penal Code that women were \u201cthe victim and not an offenders\u201d in adulterous cases also came under fire.<\/li>
    5. Members have at times exhorted bias and prejudice due to influence of the prevalent patriarchy in our society.<\/li>
    6. Moreover, NCW has been criticised as toothless and spineless. The body is only recommendatory and has no power to enforce its decisions. The body has often been reactive and arbitrarily taken up select issues and responded to them.<\/li>
    7. Also, the commission has been limited in its fight for empowering Indian women due to shortcomings in its composition and structure: