Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 6: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference today said that women’s political participation has emerged as a key element of democracy globally, asking women to keep at pace with the emerging progressive trends.
Provincial president, Kashmir Nasir Aslam Wani, while addressing a meeting of party women’s wing block functionaries of Amira Kadal at party office today said that women’s participation in politics is largely shaped by cultural and societal barriers in the form of discrimination and illiteracy.
“It was our party that sought to change the roles of women and girls from bonded mortal beings to empowered, confident, educated and self-reliant individuals. The network of women’s colleges and vocational institutes across Jammu and Kashmir are the landmarks of NC’s commitment towards empowering women and d girls,” he said.
He impressed upon the functionaries to take the party’s progressive and inclusive message to every doorstep and strengthen the party base in the block.
Party’s state women’s wing president Shameema Firdous said that it was Sher-e-Kashmir who brought women of Jammu and Kashmir into the political discourse. “It was NC that took upon itself to change the fate of women of J&K under its revolutionary Naya Kashmir manifesto. In the later decades also, whenever NC was in power, it left no stone unturned to transform its vision of empowering women into reality. It was Madr-e- Meharban, who used education as a fundamental tool to bring about change in the attitude of women on the line of the vision enshrined in the Naya Kashmir document,” she said.
She also took strong exception to the housing of security personnel in community halls in Srinagar saying that such halls and complexes afforded room to move in for people in crowded city neighbourhoods for social functions at nominal rental. Lodging security forces in such community centers, will have a chilling effect on socio-cultural and community level activities in Srinagar.
She demanded that LG administration must refrain from using public places for such activities. Provincial president, women’s wing, Kashmir Sabiya Qadri also addressed the gathering.
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