Convention on Legislative Co-ordination for Action on Women's Issues

5th & 6th May 2006 at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi

CSR in partnership with Women Power Connect (WPC) organized a two-day National Convention on Legislative Coordination for Action on Women's Issues on 5th and 6th May 2006 in New Delhi.

More than two hundred women group leaders and activists from different parts of the country took part in the convention to discuss various issues relating to the social, economic and political empowerment of women. The main objective of the convention was to take stock of the current position of women in India, and to consult with the stakeholders present, namely members of the government, academics and women's groups, to arrive at a consensus for an action plan on key issues affecting women's empowerment. The most pertinent issues included the proper implementation of the Domestic Violence Act 2005, the demand for 33 percent reservation for women in Parliament, the passage of the Sexual Harassment Bill, Gender-Just Budgeting and the problem of the declining child sex ratio in the country.