Don t Use Term Activism , Says WCD Ministry Diktat on Gender Violence Awareness Campaign
In addition, delays within the Central government meant notices about implementing the UN campaign were sent out weeks after it had officially ended.
Smriti Irani. Photo: PTI
Women06/Jan/2021
New Delhi:Â How complicated is it to implement a 16-day awareness campaign against gender-based violence? Near impossible, if the record of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development is anything to go by.
Between November 25 and December 10, the United Nations launched ‘UNiTE’, to tackle reports of rising domestic violence during the coronavirus outbreak that has forced people to spend more time at home. UNiTE was the 2020 edition of an annual campaign called ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence‘.
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Make NGOs accountable
Why most of the NGOs have, for the last couple of years, been found suspect in their dealings especially related to monetary matters must be fairly known. Although the Central Government has never been frugal in adequately funding these Non -Governmental Organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, they must explain where each and every Rupees was spent. We are afraid, wilfully suppressing such information even under the mandatory Right to Information Act, was fuelling speculations about there being huge deficit in the requisite transparency. There are sixty two such organisations in the UT which are adequately funded by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development under Social Welfare Schemes . Why should these be found less in openness and far away from transparency or else why should they shirk to share the information asked for?. Should things reach such a pass so as to be viewed seriously by the office of the Central Information Commission and decide abou
Central Govt Funded NGOs Avoid Releasing Information
SRINAGAR: Sixty two Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory being funded substantially by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development under Social Welfare Schemes are showing reluctance in furnishing information about their working and expenditure under the Right To Information Act, reported
Daily Excelsior.
According to report, this has been viewed seriously by the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission Y K Sinha, who while issuing necessary directions to the Social Welfare Department of Jammu and Kashmir, has observed, “in spite of mounting pressure for more openness and transparency, it appears that a number of NGOs remain reluctant to share information and recognize the need for accountability”.
Chandigarh, December 15
Transferred at “midnight” to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in February from the Delhi High Court in midst of the Delhi violence case hearing, Justice S Muralidhar was on Tuesday elevated as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.
The senior-most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Rajesh Bindal, was also transferred to the country’s oldest High Court, the Calcutta High Court. Currently, the Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Justice Bindal joins there as the first pusine Judge or the senior-most Judge after the Chief Justice. The transfers are yet to be notified.