New Delhi: A group of low-income women gathered in the national capital today demanding the Women's Reservation Bill be passed in Parliament session to give women a stronger political voice.
Over 130 women from 14 states under the banner of National Forum for Single Women's Rights -- a platform formed by low-income single women like widows, divorced, women with missing husbands and those who never married -- discussed strategies on future action to ensure that all single women are able to live with dignity.
Widows, separated, divorced and older never married women number over five crores (5,07,09,941) in the country, they claimed.
"In many cases women are simply abandoned, thrown out, deserted by their husbands. Women in such situations often have to survive in a hostile social and familial environment and have children to support. They continue to be invisible to the government and do not have any special schemes or policies that they can avail," Lali Dhakad, the forum's Secretary said.
"Today we have decided to come together to push for the women's Reservation Bill, which provides for one-third of the seats in national and state assemblies to be reserved for women as they have the power to become one of the most empowering laws for women in India," Nirmal Chandel, Convener of the National Forum for Single Women's Rights said
Over 130 women from 14 states under the banner of National Forum for Single Women's Rights -- a platform formed by low-income single women like widows, divorced, women with missing husbands and those who never married -- discussed strategies on future action to ensure that all single women are able to live with dignity.
Widows, separated, divorced and older never married women number over five crores (5,07,09,941) in the country, they claimed.
"In many cases women are simply abandoned, thrown out, deserted by their husbands. Women in such situations often have to survive in a hostile social and familial environment and have children to support. They continue to be invisible to the government and do not have any special schemes or policies that they can avail," Lali Dhakad, the forum's Secretary said.
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"Today we have decided to come together to push for the women's Reservation Bill, which provides for one-third of the seats in national and state assemblies to be reserved for women as they have the power to become one of the most empowering laws for women in India," Nirmal Chandel, Convener of the National Forum for Single Women's Rights said
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