Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: For overall development it is high time to promote women empowerment to give sense of self-worth their ability to determine their own choices and their right to influence social change for themselves and others.
This was stated by Former Minister and senior leader National Conference Ajay Kumar Sadhotra while addressing a meeting of prominent women leaders of Marh Block at his residence.
He said it is unfortunate that after about 75 years of Independence, despite a great deal of progress women and girls continue to face discrimination, violence and sense of insecurity. It shows much more needs to be done for empowerment of the women.
Sadhotra emphasized the need of social, political especially economic empowerment of the women so that sense of equality without any discrimination is felt by women. He said it was the vision of National Conference leadership that party has a special programme of women empowerment in its “Naya Kashmir Programme”.
“NC is committed to women empowerment it is the National Conference Govt. headed by Dr. Farooq Abdullah who started selecting 50 per cent women (girl students) for MBBS training and more over Women Police Station for dealing crime against women were created with only female staff so that women could come and narrate their problems to get justice. Women Right Commission and Women Development Corporation were also constituted”, he added.
Sadhotra demanded immediate comprehensive policy for women empowerment specially economic empowerment in this time when prices are sky rocketing and women are facing hard to run their kitchen. Every woman must be made to earn, it will give social empowerment also. Empowerment of women will lead to overall development of the Country, he asserted.
Others who spoke on the occasion were Ghar Singh, Corporator, Darshana Bhagat, Seema Devi, Darshana, Pooja, Sheetal and Jyoti Devi.
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