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Women’s Organisations Demand Inclusion in NCW Meet on Review of Criminal Law  

Women’s bodies write to NCW for ‘failing to recognise’ their contribution to shaping the discourse on women and law.
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18 Jan 2022
Women’s Organisations Demand Inclusion in NCW Meet on Review of Criminal Law  

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Prominent women’s organisations, including the National Federation of Indian Women and the All India Democratic Women’s Association, have criticised the National Commission for Women (NCW) for “failing to recognise” their “crucial role” in shaping the “discourse on women and law” by not inviting them to its online consultation on the review of criminal law.

In a letter dated January 18 (Tuesday) and addressed to NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma, the organisations have expressed their displeasure at their exclusion from the meeting and demanded that the commission hold wider consultation with all the stakeholders.

“We have just learned about a meeting called by the National Commission for Women (NCW) tomorrow for an online consultation on the review of criminal law. The NCW has not invited women’s organisations and feminist lawyers who have contributed so much to the discourse on women and law,” the signatories, which also included the All India Progressive Women’s Association and Pragatisheel Mahila Sanghatan, wrote.

Stressing the role of women’s organisations in fighting “for many laws and legal reforms”, the organisations further wrote: “The Women’s Commission itself was created through the persistent demand by the women’s movement and several women’s organisations.”

Criticising the NCW for failing to “recognise the crucial role of the national women organisations and movements” and for “refusing to involve them in the discussion on such important matters”, the signatories demanded that the commission should “hold wider consultation with all the stakeholders”.

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National Commission for Women
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Women’s Movement
NCW
Rekha Sharma
National Federation of Indian Women
NFIW
Annie Raja
All India Democratic Women’s Association
AIDWA
Mariam Dhawale
     ALL INDIA PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
AIPWA
Kavita Krishnan
Poonam Kaushik
Chhabi Mohanty
Mitalee Gupta   
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