NCW team in State
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 09 2014:
With the objective of assessing socio-economic conditions of Manipuri women and crimes perpetrated against them, a delegation of national Commission for Women arrived today on a four-day State visit.
The Commission team comprising its Chairperson Mamata Sharma and chairpersons of women panels of six North Eastern States were received at Tulihal Airport by the Director and other officials of State's Social Welfare Department.
Briefly interacting with newspersons at the airport, Mamata Sharma said the delegation specifically arrived to discuss on women empowerment and effective measures to curb violence against women and children.
During their stay the Commission team will also organise awareness programmes to enlighten Manipuri women sustain respectable livelihood, said the chairperson.