NCW Chief Rekha Sharma Calls For Uniform Personal Laws For Women Across All Religions

14 Jul 2024

Welcoming an order of the Supreme Court dated June 10 that granted maintenance rights to divorced Muslim women, National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma called for consistency in the rights for women of all religions. Speaking to ANI, the NCW chairperson said that inequality in personal laws was deepening,...

NCW Chief Rekha Sharma Proudly Casts First Senior Citizen Vote in Booth

25 May 2024

National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma proudly exercised her voting rights in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election on Saturday, marking herself as the first senior citizen to vote at her designated booth. Posting on X, chief Rekha Sharma shared her accomplishment alongside a photo displaying...

NCW Summons Arvind Kejriwal’s Former Aide Over Swati Maliwal Assault’s Case

16 May 2024

The National Commission of Women issued a summons to Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's former PS Bibhav Kumar this Friday over an alleged assault of Swati Maliwal. Further, 3 senior police officer also reached maliwal's house to record her statement. According to NCW letter, it said, "The National Commission for...

Bihar Assembly in Disarray Over CM Nitish’s Birth Control Comments

08 Nov 2023

Chaos erupted at the Bihar Assembly during the ongoing Winter Session on Wednesday as Opposition members rushed to the well, raising slogans against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar due to his objectionable remarks on birth control made the day before. "I apologize and take back my words," the Bihar CM told...

NCW team heads to Howrah to investigate violence against woman, will later go to Malda

31 Jul 2023

The National Commission for Women announced on Monday that a team led by its chairperson, Rekha Sharma, is traveling to Howrah to look into a horrifying case of violence against a woman. They proceed to Malda, where two tribal women were allegedly stripped naked, tortured, and brutally beaten a few...

NCW take suo moto cognizance over Manipur horrific incident

20 Jul 2023

The National Commission for Women (NCW) criticised the Manipur incident in which two women were paraded naked on a road by a group of males, which went viral on social media on Thursday. After witnessing the horrific incident, NCW took to their official Twitter handle and penned "NCW condemns the...

Khushbu Sundar nominated as member of National Commission for Women, K Annamalai congratulates

27 Feb 2023

Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai on Monday congratulated National executive committee member Kushbhu Sundhar for being nominated as a Member of the National Commission for Women (NCW). Taking to Twitter K Annamalai tweeted, "On behalf of @BJP4TamilNadu, congratulations to @BJP4India National executive committee member Smt. @khushsundar avl...

DCW Chief Dragged By Car In AIIMS, FIR Registered

19 Jan 2023

The National Commission for Women (NCW) On Thursday took the perception of the media reports with respect to the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal being attacked and later hauled by a vehicle for 10-15 meters. Director Rekha Sharma has kept in touch with the Magistrate of Police,...

Kanjhawala road accident: NCW seeks detailed action with medical report

02 Jan 2023

In the Kanjhawala incident in Delhi in which a woman dies after being dragged under a car in the matter, the National Commission for Women (NCW) sought detailed action along with the medical reports. Earlier on Sunday, a car hit the woman who was killed and then dragged for a...

NCW chief chairs Monitoring Committee Meeting in Srinagar

30 Nov 2022

Rekha Sharma, chair of the National Commission for Women (NCW), presided over the second Monitoring Committee meeting of the 12 pilot Special Cells for Women at the Institute of Hotel Management Raj Bagh in Srinagar. The Chairperson received an overview of the 12 pilot Special Cells for Women that would...