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Women's Reservation Bill is imperative for our nation: NCW Chairperson Rek
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A day after the Women's Reservation bill was cleared in the Lok Sabha, National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Thursday said that the Bill is a historic imperative for our nation.
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NCW says woman employee suspended after reporting pregnancy
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Sunday said a woman employee was suspended from service after taking maternity leave, adding that the act amounted to a violation of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017.
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NCW organises seminar on empowering denotified tribes, sex workers in Madh
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The seminar shed light on the challenges faced by these communities and emphasised the need for inclusive development and empowerment.
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NCW to submit report on Manipur incident to government within next 1-2 day
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
“I have visited Manipur and met all the people concerned in the incident. I met both the victims and the women organisations working for both the communities of the victims. I will prepare its report and will submit it to the government within the next one or two days,” Sharma said.
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"Children cannot be called illegitimate, even if they are born out of non-
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Children cannot be called illegitimate, even if they are born out of non-marital relationships," Sharma said on Wednesday while addressing a seminar, focusing on the various challenges, including legal, health, occupational, and educational, faced by sex workers and their children.
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"People taking clues from past incidents": NCW Chairperson on gruesome kil
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
On Wednesday, Manoj Sane, accused of killing his live-in partner Saraswati Vaidya was arrested by the police for killing his girlfriend and cutting her body into dozens of pieces.
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"This is shocking": NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma on Shahbad murder case
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While talking to ANI, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said, "It is very shocking news and a very painful incident. I saw the video. No one who was near the incident spot came to her rescue. After 20 hours the accused was caught."
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Assam Youth Cong chief accuses Indian Youth Cong national president of har
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to the Director General of Police, Assam to personally look into the harassment allegation levelled by the Assam Youth Congress chief against the Indian Youth Congress national president. She urged the DGP to conduct a
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Barmer rape case: NCW Chairperson writes to Rajasthan DGP to conduct fair,
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The matter pertains to April 6, when a Dalit woman was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district. The victim succumbed to burn injuries at Jaipur's Mahatma Gandhi Hospital on Saturday, police said.
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J-K: NCW chief chairs Monitoring Committee Meeting in Srinagar
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
National Commission for Women (NCW), Chairperson, Rekha Sharma, chaired the second Monitoring Committee Meeting of 12 pilot Special Cells for Women at the Institute of Hotel Management Raj Bagh, Srinagar, informed officials.
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Rajasthan 'girls auction': NCPCR to visit Bhilwara on Nov 7; meet victim f
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
According to media reports, girls are auctioned on stamp papers to settle disputes over loan repayments in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan.
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NCW team to visit Rajasthan's Bhilwara to probe 'auctioning of girls' case
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The National Commission for Women has constituted a two-member fact-finding team to investigate the matter.
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