'She Is A Changemaker' Project of National Commission for Women (NCW)

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‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project- Relevance for UPSC Exam

‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project: It is a project of National Commission for Women (NCW) for improving leadership position of Women at various level. ‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project is part of GS Paper 1 (Salient features of Indian Society- Role of women and women’s organization) and GS Paper 2 (Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation).

‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project in News

The National Commission for Women (NCW) organized a Workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives (MLAs) under ‘She Is A Changemaker’ project.

Workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives (MLAs)

About: Workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives (MLAs) the three-day workshop has been organised in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
Organizing Authority: It is being organized in collaboration with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) and the National Gender and Child centre of LBSNAA.
Key Activities: During the workshop, the women MLAs will be trained on gender-responsive governance in different sessions such as-
- ‘Effective Leadership’,
- ‘Inclusive Governance’,
- ‘Overview on Gender-Based Violence with a Special Focus on Trafficking of Women & Adolescents’,
- ‘Gender Sensitive and Inclusive Communication’,
- ‘Emotional Intelligence’, etc.

Key Facts about ‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project

About: The ‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project is a pan-India capacity building programme of the Commission for improving leadership skills of women representatives at all levels.
Organizing Authority: ‘She Is A Changemaker’ Project is being implemented by National Commission for Women (NCW).
Key Activities: Under ‘She Is A Changemaker’ project, the NCW has organised capacity building programme for women representatives in association with region-wise training institutes with an aim to-
- Improve their decision making,
- Communication skills,
- Effective management, etc.
The NCW has organised 49 training batches in eight states under which around 1700 women representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions/Urban Local Bodies have been given training so far.

National Commission for Women (NCW)- Key Points

About: The National Commission for Women was set up as a statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990.
Mandate: National Commission for Women (NCW) is entrusted with-
- Reviewing the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women;
- Recommending remedial legislative measures;
- Facilitating redressal of grievances and
- Advising the Government on all policy matters affecting women.

National Commission for Women (NCW)- Constitution and Members

Constitution: The National Commission for Women is constituted by the Central Government.
Membership: Members of the NCW include-
- A Chairperson, committed to the cause of women, to be nominated by the Central Government.
- Five members to be nominated by the Central Government from amongst persons of ability, integrity and standing who have had experience in law or legislation, trade unionism, management of an industry potential of women, women’s voluntary organizations (including women activist), administration, economic development, health, education or social welfare;
  - Provided that at least one Member each shall be from amongst persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively;
- A Member-Secretary to be nominated by the Central Government who shall be-
  - An expert in the field of management, organizational structure or sociological movement, or
  - An officer who is a member of a civil service of the Union or of an all-India service or holds a civil post under the Union with appropriate experience.