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The
Assam State Commission for Women
Introduction :
In August 1990 the Parliament of
India had passed the National Commission
for Women Act in response to the demand
of women's organizations and social
workers. Accordingly on 31st January,
1992, the National Commission for
Women was set up. On 24th November,
1993 on the occasion of Women's Day
during the "Quami Ekta"
week the Assam Government also promulgated
an Ordinance for constitution of the
State Commission for women. Finally
on 25th January, 1994 the State Government
had passed the Act in the State Legislative
Assembly and the State Government
constituted a nine member Committee
for a period of three years under
the Chairpersonship of Smt. Mridula
Saharia. Hence the Assam State commission
for women came into existence in the
year 1994.
The present Committee was formed
on 4th July 16, 2005 and comprises
of the following members :-
Smt.
Mridula Saharia
Ex M.L.A.: Ex. Chairperson
ASCW.
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Chairperson |
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Dr.
(Smt) Lily Rajbongshi
W/o Late Golok Rajbonshi |
Vice-Chairperson |
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Smt.
Sandhya Rani Buragohain
Retd. Govt. Officer |
Member |
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Smt.
Mira Begum,
Ex. Member, INTUC, Guwahati Unit,
Assam.
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Member |
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Smt.
Sachhi Prova Doley
Social Worker
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Member |
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Smt.
Sajida Rahman
Social Worker |
Member |
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Dr.(Mrs.)
Shahnaaz Rahman
Advocate. Gauhati High Court.
Guwahati.
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Member |
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Smt.
Pratiti Banerjee Ghose
Social Worker
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Member |
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The Assam State Commission for Women
was constituted as stated above under
the status of the State assembly.
It has a wide ranging mandate and
has been empowered with the powers
to have a say on any maters related
to the women specially in the fields
of education, health, socio-economic
aspects, legal justice and so on aiming
at economic and social upliftment
of women setting the goal of raising
the status of women.
Some of the mandates, under State
Commission for Women's Act, 1994 are
as follows :-
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To investigate and
examine all matters relating to
the legal safeguards provided
for Women under the Constitution. |
| b) |
To present and report
upon the state Govt. upon the
working of these Safeguards. |
| c) |
To review existing
provisions of the constitution
and other laws affecting Women
and recommended amendments to
meet any lacunae, inadequacies
in such laws. |
| d) |
To look into complaints
and take suo moto notice of matters
relating to deprivation of women's
rights, non-implementation of
law relating to women and to take
up issue with appropriate authorities
to achieve the objective of equality
and development. |
| e) |
To look into non-compliance
of policy decisions, guidelines
on instructions aimed at mitigating
hardships and ensuring welfare
and providing relief to the women
and take up such issue with appropriate
authority. |
| f) |
To participate and
advise on the planning process
of Socio-economic Development
of Women and evaluate the progress
made. |
| g) |
To inspect Jail,
remand home etc. where women are
kept under custody and seek remedial
action, where necessary from time
to time and the matter is still
under process in the Social Welfare
Dept. though queries were met
from time to time. |
States of Members of the Commission
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The status of the Chairperson has
been notified by the State Govt. vide
its order No. SWD 79/93/90 dated 9-10-95
conferring the rank and the State
Government has not yet notified status
of Minister of State but the status
of the Members.
Legal Advisory Committee :
The Commission constituted a Legal
Advisory Committee for counseling
and to give legal advice to the various
complaints received in the office
of the Commission. In many cases it
is observed that proper guidance and
legal assistance to the distressed
women have helped the complainant
to settle and reconcile their cases
without going through legal procedures.
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