(a) whether National Commission for Women has given any recommendations on the atrocities against women;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the steps taken by the Government to implement them; and
(d) the details of promises made by the Government during 1995 at Beijing conference with regard to women alongwith the steps taken by the Government so far to fulfil them?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, MINISTER OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI
MANOHAR JOSHI)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The recommendations pertain to amendment of existing
legislations, enactment of new legislations, changes in
procedures for speedy and efficient justice delivery to
women victims of atrocities, gender sensitization of
judiciary and law enforcement agencies and advocacy and
awareness generation of legal rights of women.
(c) In terms of the provisions contained in the National
Commission for Women Act, 1990, the annual reports of the
Commission for the years 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-
96 containing their recommendations have already been placed
on the table of Lok Sabha alongwith the Action Taken Report.
Most of the recommendations have been accepted by the
concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India
and they have been disseminated to the State Governments and
other appropriate agencies for implementation.
(d) During the Fourth World Conference on Women held in
Beijing in 1995, India had made commitments regarding
increasing the investment on education, universalisation of
mother and child health care programmes etc. While
substantial progress has been achieved in these areas, in
respect of the other commuitments i.e. formulation of
National Policy for the Empowerment of Women and setting up
the Office of the Commissioner for Women`s Rights, necessary
action has been initiated in consultation with other
Ministries/Departments and the NCW.