NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN (NCW)

About:

• Status: NCW is a statutory body set up 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.
    
    
  
  
  

Recent Development:

• WCD Ministry, in pursuance of Section 3 of the NCW Act, 1990, has nominated the following as Members of the NCW: (1) Chandramukhi Devi, (2) Soso Shaiza and (3) Kamlesh Gautam.
  
  
• Tenure: They shall hold office for a period of three years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is the earlier.