NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN (NCW)

About:

• Status: NCW was set up as statutory body in 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990.
  
  
• Mandate:
  • review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women;
    
    
  • recommend remedial legislative measures;
    
    
  • facilitate redressal of grievances and
    
    
  • advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
    
    
  
  
  
• Composition:
  • It comprises a Chairperson, five Members and a Member-Secretary to be nominated by the Central Government.
    
    
  • The only criteria for appointing chairperson is commitment to the cause of women.