New Delhi: Low-income single women from eleven states today urged the government to draft a special policy for them in order to provide "employment opportunities" and "skill development programs".
Ahead of their annual advisory committee meeting that is scheduled to be held on October 28 and 29, members of the 'National Forum for Single Women's Rights', highlighted issues that are important to all single women in the country.
"At present we have 122,520 single women members in nine states, but our struggle is to organize such women in each state of India and to have the Central government draft a special policy for them," said Nirmal Chandel, President of the National Forum and a widow from Himachal Pradesh.
"Government should create opportunities for skill enhancement and further education of single women and should waive off fees for open school and university courses for single women, so that they don't need to indulge in casual unskilled labor for supporting themselves and their families," Ms Kamble suggested.
"The outstanding loans of the deceased husband of the single woman farmer should be waived. The widow should not be responsible for paying the loan or interest amounts," Mr Chandel said.
Suhagini Tudu, Secretary of the Forum and a tribal from Jharkhand, drew attention to the lack of realization of women's right to land at the ground level.
But even where women have the legal rights, we have seen that actual possession and control of land is a distant dream for many," she said
Ahead of their annual advisory committee meeting that is scheduled to be held on October 28 and 29, members of the 'National Forum for Single Women's Rights', highlighted issues that are important to all single women in the country.
"At present we have 122,520 single women members in nine states, but our struggle is to organize such women in each state of India and to have the Central government draft a special policy for them," said Nirmal Chandel, President of the National Forum and a widow from Himachal Pradesh.
"Government should create opportunities for skill enhancement and further education of single women and should waive off fees for open school and university courses for single women, so that they don't need to indulge in casual unskilled labor for supporting themselves and their families," Ms Kamble suggested.
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"The outstanding loans of the deceased husband of the single woman farmer should be waived. The widow should not be responsible for paying the loan or interest amounts," Mr Chandel said.
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Suhagini Tudu, Secretary of the Forum and a tribal from Jharkhand, drew attention to the lack of realization of women's right to land at the ground level.
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But even where women have the legal rights, we have seen that actual possession and control of land is a distant dream for many," she said
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