Legislative Co-ordination by Women’s Groups and Individuals on Women’s Issues in India

WPC’s project on “Legislative Co-ordination by Women’s Groups and Individuals on Women’s Issues in India” was sanctioned by IFES in 2005. Being a national project, it covered all states of the country. By building an association of like-minded civil society organisations, business organisations, academic institutions and individuals, WPC’s attempt through this project is to create a body of people who would professionally lobby Parliament and the Government on issues of concern to women, with a view to influencing them to support legislations that are congruous with the vision of a gender-just society. This project has been running successfully for the past two years, constantly revising its thrust areas to maintain pace with the societal and legal changes that dictate new requirements. Today, WPC focussed its lobby efforts on five main issues: the tabling and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, the proper implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, the declining Child Sex Ratio, Gender-just Budgeting, and passage of the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Bill.

Documentation of Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming in India

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly initiated a project to document ‘good practices’ in ‘gender mainstreaming’. The project would also disseminate the knowledge generated through this documentation. The objective of the project is to promote gender equality by enhancing the existing knowledge base and make it available to practitioners for wider application.

The MWCD and UNDP have assigned this project to WomenPowerConnect (WPC).