The Latest Breaking News from The National Commission for Women

The National Commission for Women on Saturday directed the Punjab's Director General of Police to take swift action in the matter of a woman who was allegedly paraded naked in a semi-naked condition. Read further on Dynamite News:

The National Commission For Women has lodged a complaint against Supriya Shrinate with the Election Commissioner, citing an “offensive post” about Kangana Ranaut, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. Read further on Dynamite News:

A daylong workshop for girls on capacity building and personality development was held at the Central University of Karnataka (CUK) at its main campus at Kadaganchi near Kalaburagi on Saturday. The Department of Psychology at the CUK and the National Commission for Women jointly organised the event.

The National Commission for Women has taken cognizance of a video which purportedly showed that a minor girl was raped and murdered by a group of men in North Dinajpur's Kaliaganj, West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

It’s almost a year since a pregnant Adivasi woman was allegedly raped by security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, and over nine months since the National Commission for Women and the National Human Rights Commission began sending notices to the Chhattisgarh police, asking for an Action Taken Report in the case.…

Every passing year, on International Women’s Day, there is a renewed call to legislate the Women’s Reservation Bill to enable election of women in Legislative Assemblies and Parliament. Such calls are aptly justified by data – both anecdotal and empirical – to suggest that India has failed to address the role of…