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A Citizen's Response to National Policy For Women 2016

RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF NATIONAL POLICY FOR WOMEN 2016 THIS POLICY MUST NOT BE IMPLEMENTED AS IT IS COMPLETELY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S ACCEPTANCE TO UDHR (UNIVERSAL DECLERATION HUMAN RIGHTS) 5. PRIORITY AREAS I. Health including food security and nutrition iv) A gender transformative health strategy which recognises women’s reproductive rights with shifts such as family planning focus from female sterilisation to male sterilisation will be developed and implemented. Response: Looks like this priority area is FUNDED by Artificial insemination and Sperm Bank Industry. Please share the details of Funds received by Ministry of WCD from this Corporate Vertical. 5. PRIORITY AREAS I. Health including food security and nutrition v) Apart from maternal health, the focus of other health problems of women including communicable and non-communicable diseases like cancer, cardio vascular disease, HIV/AIDS will be given prioritised attention wit...

Nirbhaya Center - Our Response

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WCD asks for Response from Public for Nirbhaya OSCC Dated: 10 th July 2014 To, Shri. S. K. Sinha, Under Secretary to the Govt. Of India, Ministry of Women and Child Development. Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. SUBJECT: Response to Concept Note for setting up Nirbhaya Centre Dear Sir, This letter is in reference to Public Notice vide File No. 27-1/2014-WW, asking response from Public for Concept Note for setting up Nirbhaya Centre.   As a concerned NGO of the Republic of India, we wish to share some preliminary objections to the whole concept:   1.        We wish to draw your attention to the FIRST and FOREMOST important “CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS”, which in Chapter 1: Purposes and Principles, under Article 1 (The Purposes of the United Nations are:), in Point No. 3. Here, the Charter says, “ To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, ...