NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN

Women equality has become one of the most deliberated topics in the world today.
There have been various reforms in the system and steps have been taken by
the government to secure equality and justice to women, there have been
legislations emanating from the special status granted to women under the
Constitution but there still exists inequality towards women in the society. To
ensure the proper development of society NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR
WOMEN came into existence.

Formation:

The national commission for women was formed in 1992 under the national
commission for women Act 1990. It is a commission having the authority to
review constitutional safeguards for women in the country. The main
recommendation of the commission is to facilitate redress mechanisms and also to
take legislative measures to curb the disparity. It provides the government with
advice to make policies and laws that are more prone to protect and safeguard the
rights of women. The commission also has the powers that are vested upon with a
civil court. On 31st January 1992, the first commission was constituted and was
chaired by Jayanti Patnaik. The first male member in the NCW ( National
Commission for women) was Alok Rawat IAS.

Composition of NCW:

The commission consists of a chairperson, a member secretary and five other

members. The chairperson of the NCW is nominated by the Central Government.
The Central Government also nominates the member secretary. The member
secretary should be an expert in the field of management. He or she is an officer or
organisation who is a member. The five members nominated by the Central
Government should be individuals with ability, standing and integrity. They should
have experience in law, legislation, management, women voluntary organisation,
economic social development and so on.