The Government of India has set up a
High Level Committee on the status of women to undertake comprehensive study to
understand the status of women since 1989 as well as to evolve appropriate
policy interventions based on a contemporary assessment of women’s needs. The
High Level Committee was constituted vide Resolution dated 27 February, 2012
and it is required to present its report within 2 years.
The
composition of the Committee is as under:-
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Justice Ruma Pal
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Chairperson
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Prof.BinaAgarwal
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Member
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Dr.Amita
Singh
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Member
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Dr. Pam Rajput
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Member
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Ms. Rita Sarin
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Member
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Dr.Manorma
Singh
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Member
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Dr.Shantha
Krishnan
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Member
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Dr.Nirmala Devi
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Member
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Ms.Manira
A Pinto
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Member
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Smt.
VijayluxmiKol.
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Member
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Ms.PratimaThami
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Member
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Mrs.Suman
Kumar
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Member
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Mrs.Anusuiya
Sharma
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Member
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Dr.SimritKaur
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Member
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Smt.
Deepa Jain Singh
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Member Secretary
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The Terms
of Reference of the above High Level Committee (HLC) are as follows:-
i)
The HLC will conduct an intensive
literature survey to take stock of published data, reports, articles and
research from about 1989 onwards, on the status of women in India.
ii)
The HLC will prepare a Report on the
current socio-economic, political and legal status of women in India. The
Report will also bring out the interconnectedness of these aspects in terms of
their impact on women and recommend measures for holistic empowerment of women.
iii)
The HLC will examine the overall status
of women including, inter-alia, the socio-economic,
health and nutritional, legal and political status, disaggregated by
rural/urban, economic and social position (e.g. APL/BPL, SC/ST, single women,
disabled women, migrant women) and wherever possible by minority status (e.g. muslims/others). The analysis would take account of
cross-regional differences and focus on inequalities both within and outside
the household. It would also assess the impact made by existing policies and
legislative changes on equality, security and holistic empowerment of women,
and will identify inequalities in policy and legislation as well as gaps in
implementation.
iv)
The HLC will, inter-alia
examine:
i.
women’s access to and participation in formal and informal paid
employment; emerging areas of participation, geographical pattern of their
economic activity, unpaid work/ care economy, etc.
ii.
their asset base and income levels, access to and control over
property, land and other productive resources.
iii.
access to micro-finance, bank credit, training and skill upgradation, marketing etc. and constraints on increase in
productivity.
iv.
societal attitude to women and changes
therein- discrimination as reflected in declining sex ratio in different age
groups, age at marriage, involvement in decision making; and changes in the
extent and nature of violence and abuse of women, both within and outside the
house; and other forms of discrimination on account of customary practices.
v.
level of socio-economic development in terms of relevant indicators
of health, nutrition and education.
vi.
impact of laws on women and gaps in respect of laws which are
directly focused on women as well as those which affect women indirectly. While doing so, the Committee would also look
into women’s awareness of the laws, access to law, women’s inability to use
laws effectively, sensitivity of law enforcement agencies as well as the
judiciary, role of caste panchayats and other
customary practices, condition of women in prisons and other custodial
institutions.
vii.
change in women’s political status with respect to their
participation in Panchayats, State Legislature and
Parliament, the nature and extent of
participation, challenges and impact of change in women’s political status on
their socio-economic empowerment.
viii.
assess the impact of major women centric programmes and schemes on
improving the overall status of women including, inter-alia,
socio-economic, health, and nutritional, legal and political.
ix.
any other issue that the Committee may think is of relevance,
within the above framework, for determining the status of women.
x.
the Committee would identify areas of intervention and
recommend measures for affirmative action by the Government for the holistic
empowerment of women.
This was stated by Smt.
Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development,
in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha
today.
Source : PIB, August 30, 2012
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