Equality Between Men And Women - 1263 Words

When it comes to making a difference in the status of women, a feminist would never place faith on the Centre of Political power to bring about this change. This is for the simple logical reason that a politics is the embodiment of patriarchy. Among all superstructures of the society starting from family, the community, religion, the Rulers represent the highest form of discrimination. Hence an institution which is to work towards the emancipation of women has to be free from political influence without which it is toothless and only ornamental. When the demand for a Commission dedicated to the task of working towards the issues of women arose, it was always intended to an autonomous. The CSWI report endorsed the recommendation given by†¦show more content†¦It may also be seen as a core and periphery structure where the political power dissipates from the core and women have been pushed to the periphery who are the last ones to receive the benefits of the its actions. Hence the Commission puts women as the ends of welfare and not the means. Women become the targets and not the participants in the decision making. A simple perusal of the National Commission for Women Act tells us that the NCW is not an autonomous body. The chairperson and members of the Commission are nominated by the Central Government. The Act is silent on the procedure of appointment. One would have expected that the appointment procedure would if not wholly independent of political influence, to be atleast be similar to appointment procedure of the NHRC chairperson and members. None of the governments have accepted the repeated demand of women’s groups that the selection of Chairperson and members should be from a panel prepared in consultation with women’s groups. Even the NCW itself made a subtle recommendation in amendment of the provision of S3(1) of the 1990 Act by inserting after the words ‘the Central Government’ the words ‘in consultation with the Chairperson,’ , but even this concession could not be accepted by the governments. With such an appointment procedure, political considerations are bound to seep in. it has been time after time seen that NCW Chairpersons change with change in the Government and their loyalties, not