Women Power Connect (WPC), a conglomerate of more than 500 women’s organisation organised a two-day national convention on Legislative Coordination for Action on Women’s Issues in the capital yesterday.
Women leaders and activist from across the country participated in the convention to raise issues and policies related to women and to build pressure on the policymakers for speedy implementation of pending legislations.
Primary goal of the WPC is the right to representation in form of 33 per cent representation in the Parliament, which has been denied by all successive government’s. “It is an irony that while women contribute in building the nation as voters, but are denied the right to represent,” said Ranjana Kumari, President, WPC.
Renuka chowdhury, chief guest of the convention said, ““You will be surprised to see the male bonding in Parliament. They all say ‘yes’ to the issue of women’s reservation in front of the camera and ‘no’ behind it. I personally think they are afraid of women joining politics in large numbers. Since by doing that, women may prove that they are more capable and this would put more pressure on men.” “I have visited several places in the country and spoken to women at the grassroots. However, they hesitate in coming forward and are unwilling to take up leadership roles. Capacity building of women is vital. It is important to hold classes in leadership,” she added.
WPC has formed a Gender Ginger Group as a group of young Parliamentary, who shares a common commitment to the cause of women’s empowerment and gender equality. These parliamentarians will support the cause of the women’s movement in India by raising women’s issues in parliament and their respective constituencies.
But many panellists MP’s on the list of WPC were not present in the convention because of the parliament session, where Nude deal was being discussed.
Besides equal political representation, the convention also focused on implementation of Domestic Violence Act, gender budgeting, sexual harassment at work place and female foeticide.
Madhu Yaskhi, Member of Parliament said, “When I was in Pakistan I had noticed that around 88 percent of Member of Parliament were women but in India number of women MP is very less”. He further added, “For a politician his political carrier is his future. Before doing any work he always keeps votes in mind. So women can built pressure if the MP from their constituency do not work for their welfare”.
Sexual harassment at work place and female foeticide.
Activist Alice Garg emphasized on 50-50-gender balance for strengthening our democracy. She said, “Women world is the fourth world as we do not have right to take birth. Northwestern states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana have witnessed an alarming fall in child sex ratio because of female foeticide. Female foeticide is a serious crime and I term them as murderers”. Renuka chowdhury has promised WPC to present sexual harassment bill in this parliamentary session.
Domestic Violence Act
“Credit of passing of the protection of women from domestic violence act (PWDVA), 2005 goes to WPC. However, the implementation of this Act still suffers from several problems, such as the absence of a proper institutional structure, allocation of funds and appointment of officials” said Ranjana Kumari.
Gender just budgeting
“Only one percent of total budget is allocated for women. Even this allocated money is also used to meet other expenses. We will put stress on gender budget auditing for transparency. This budget will ensure that all the citizens of the country benefit equally from the budgetary allocations equally, gender just budget is essential”, said Ranjana Kumari.
Quotes
“Even UPA government will fall if they do not pass bill of 33 percent reservation for women. No government can run without women and we will give our vote to the candidate who will work for our welfare” said Ranjana Kumari
“This is a silent revolution and we are peace loving terrorist we want equal rights for women”, said Alice Garg.
Women leaders and activist from across the country participated in the convention to raise issues and policies related to women and to build pressure on the policymakers for speedy implementation of pending legislations.
Primary goal of the WPC is the right to representation in form of 33 per cent representation in the Parliament, which has been denied by all successive government’s. “It is an irony that while women contribute in building the nation as voters, but are denied the right to represent,” said Ranjana Kumari, President, WPC.
Renuka chowdhury, chief guest of the convention said, ““You will be surprised to see the male bonding in Parliament. They all say ‘yes’ to the issue of women’s reservation in front of the camera and ‘no’ behind it. I personally think they are afraid of women joining politics in large numbers. Since by doing that, women may prove that they are more capable and this would put more pressure on men.” “I have visited several places in the country and spoken to women at the grassroots. However, they hesitate in coming forward and are unwilling to take up leadership roles. Capacity building of women is vital. It is important to hold classes in leadership,” she added.
WPC has formed a Gender Ginger Group as a group of young Parliamentary, who shares a common commitment to the cause of women’s empowerment and gender equality. These parliamentarians will support the cause of the women’s movement in India by raising women’s issues in parliament and their respective constituencies.
But many panellists MP’s on the list of WPC were not present in the convention because of the parliament session, where Nude deal was being discussed.
Besides equal political representation, the convention also focused on implementation of Domestic Violence Act, gender budgeting, sexual harassment at work place and female foeticide.
Madhu Yaskhi, Member of Parliament said, “When I was in Pakistan I had noticed that around 88 percent of Member of Parliament were women but in India number of women MP is very less”. He further added, “For a politician his political carrier is his future. Before doing any work he always keeps votes in mind. So women can built pressure if the MP from their constituency do not work for their welfare”.
Sexual harassment at work place and female foeticide.
Activist Alice Garg emphasized on 50-50-gender balance for strengthening our democracy. She said, “Women world is the fourth world as we do not have right to take birth. Northwestern states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana have witnessed an alarming fall in child sex ratio because of female foeticide. Female foeticide is a serious crime and I term them as murderers”. Renuka chowdhury has promised WPC to present sexual harassment bill in this parliamentary session.
Domestic Violence Act
“Credit of passing of the protection of women from domestic violence act (PWDVA), 2005 goes to WPC. However, the implementation of this Act still suffers from several problems, such as the absence of a proper institutional structure, allocation of funds and appointment of officials” said Ranjana Kumari.
Gender just budgeting
“Only one percent of total budget is allocated for women. Even this allocated money is also used to meet other expenses. We will put stress on gender budget auditing for transparency. This budget will ensure that all the citizens of the country benefit equally from the budgetary allocations equally, gender just budget is essential”, said Ranjana Kumari.
Quotes
“Even UPA government will fall if they do not pass bill of 33 percent reservation for women. No government can run without women and we will give our vote to the candidate who will work for our welfare” said Ranjana Kumari
“This is a silent revolution and we are peace loving terrorist we want equal rights for women”, said Alice Garg.
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