By PTI
NEW DELHI: A day after the federal government launched a invoice to offer 33 per cent reservation to ladies within the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday mentioned it is going to be probably the most “transformative revolution in our times” for gender justice.
Murmu was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the biennial convention of the nationwide human rights establishments (NHRIs) of Asia Pacific held on the Vigyan Bhawan right here.
The ladies’s reservation invoice was the primary invoice to be launched within the new Parliament constructing on Tuesday.
“We have ensured a minimum of 33 per cent reservation for women in local bodies’ election. In a more pleasant coincidence, a proposal to provide a similar reservation for women in state assemblies and national Parliament is taking shape now. It will be the most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice,” the President mentioned.
The occasion is being organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) from September 20-21.
Amina Bouayach, secretary of Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), and Doo-Hwan Song, chairperson, APF, and NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra have been additionally current on the event.
The APF will even maintain its twenty eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday to debate the problems of frequent curiosity to member nations.
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In the convention, greater than 1,300 delegates from India and overseas are more likely to take part, the NHRC earlier mentioned.
The convention is being attended by heads, members and senior officers of the NHRIs of varied nations, together with representatives from the Union and state governments, state human rights commissions, particular rapporteurs, screens and varied establishments concerned within the safety and promotion of human rights within the nation.
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NEW DELHI: A day after the federal government launched a invoice to offer 33 per cent reservation to ladies within the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday mentioned it is going to be probably the most “transformative revolution in our times” for gender justice.
Murmu was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the biennial convention of the nationwide human rights establishments (NHRIs) of Asia Pacific held on the Vigyan Bhawan right here.
The ladies’s reservation invoice was the primary invoice to be launched within the new Parliament constructing on Tuesday.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
“We have ensured a minimum of 33 per cent reservation for women in local bodies’ election. In a more pleasant coincidence, a proposal to provide a similar reservation for women in state assemblies and national Parliament is taking shape now. It will be the most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice,” the President mentioned.
The occasion is being organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) from September 20-21.
Amina Bouayach, secretary of Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), and Doo-Hwan Song, chairperson, APF, and NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra have been additionally current on the event.
The APF will even maintain its twenty eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday to debate the problems of frequent curiosity to member nations.
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In the convention, greater than 1,300 delegates from India and overseas are more likely to take part, the NHRC earlier mentioned.
The convention is being attended by heads, members and senior officers of the NHRIs of varied nations, together with representatives from the Union and state governments, state human rights commissions, particular rapporteurs, screens and varied establishments concerned within the safety and promotion of human rights within the nation.
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