(a) whether the Government has set up a Task Force on women and children with regard indecent representation of women;
(b) if so, the details of the terms and reference of such task force;
(c) whether such task force has submitted its recommendations;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the action taken by the Government on the recommendations?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI RENUKA CHOWDHURY)
(a)&(b) The government had set up a Task Force on Women and
Children in August, 2000 to review the existing legislations
and the Government’s schemes for improving the access of
women to national resources and for ensuring their rightful
place in the mainstream of economic development. The
following were the terms of reference of the Task Force:-
(a) to review existing provisions relating to women’s
participation in the national economy;
(b) to identify and recommend measures for resolution of
problems related to gender mainstreaming;
(c) to consider and made recommendations for the development
of institutional mechanisms for advancement of women with the
strategic objectives of integrating a gender perspective in
legislation, public policies, programmes and projects;
(d) to monitor gender mainstreaming in Government;
(e) to review /formulate the women’s component plans and
integrate women development schemes and suggest amalgamation
and consolidation/pruning of the same, wherever necessary;
and
(f) to draft a programme for celebrating year 2001 as ‘Year
of Women Empowerment’.
(c) Yes, Sir.
(d) With regard to indecent representation of women, the
Task Force recommended a revised definition of the term
‘Indecent Representation of Women’ in the Indecent
Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
(e) The recommendations made by the Task Force have been
taken into consideration by the Government while
contemplating amendments for the above Act.