National Federation of Indian Women
(NFIW)
1002-Ansal Bhawan, 16- K.G.Marg, New Delhi
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PRESS
RELEASE
NFIW demands the immediate passage of the 33% Women's
Reservation Bill in this session of the Parliament.
The
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) held a demonstration on Monday, 16th
March, 2015 in
front of Parliament to demand the immediate passage of the 33% Reservation for
Women in Parliament and Assemblies.
The
33% Reservation Bill has been the demand of women across the country for
decades and has been through a Select Committee of Parliament and passed by the
Rajya Sabha. It has been presented in the Lok Sabha several times, raising our
hopes, but has been scuttled every time in the name of consensus.
BJP,
with huge majority, is not even mentioning the Bill. When in opposition Smt.
Sushma Swaraj and Shri Arun Jaitly repeatedly stated in the floor of the Parliament
that BJP is for the Bill. But now they ignore this issue. This shows double standard and lack of
political will and social commitment for the empowerment of women
NFIW is of the opinion that to address the issues of gender based
exclusion, inequality, violence and discrimination at institutional,
structural, ideological and operational levels, women's equal participation in
decision making processes is needed.
Until women get at least one-third representation in Parliament
and Assemblies, achieving gender equality and human rights of women will remain
a distant dream. NFIW strongly demands the immediate passage of the 33% Women's
Reservation Bill in the ongoing session of the Parliament.
The
time has now come to set aside subterfuge and place the Bill once again before
Parliament and pass it.
Annie Raja,
General Secretary
9868181992
16 March, 2015
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