The Constitution of India authorises the Government to take measures for the protection of women and children. In accordance with these provisions several progressive steps have been taken by Government of Karnataka with a view to ensure the care and protection of women and children.
NIPCCD, is a premier Institution devoted to promotion of voluntary action, research, training and documentation in the overall domain of Women and Child Development.
This is the website of The National Commission for Women, the apex national level organisation of India with the mandate of protecting and promoting the interests of women.
The Department of Women and Child Development was set up in the year 1985 as a part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development to give the much needed impetus to the holistic development of women and children.
UNIFEM provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality. Placing women’s security and human rights at the centre of its efforts, its programme strategy is designed and guided by an empowerment framework.
