National Commission for Women

Last updated: October 6th, 2025Introduction On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8th March 2025, the National Commission for Women (NCW), under its Mentorship Programme, proudly launched “Tere Mere Sapne” – Pre-Marital Communication Centres (PMCCs) across nine states in India. Under this initiative, 23 centres were inaugurated in the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, […]

Last updated: October 6th, 2025

Last updated: October 6th, 2025Given the evolving needs of women in the country, the National Commission for Women has set up a New Initiatives Cell to broaden the scope of its work and to take up various new initiatives focusing on empowerment of women in the country. Activities Undertaken I- Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship Program […]

Last updated: October 6th, 2025Considering the various types of peculiar issues faced by the women in the newly constituted UTs of  Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, NCW  has set-up a Special-Cell “J&K and Ladakh Cell” specially to look into the complaints of women received from these UTs and to facilitate their development in all spheres. Functions […]

Last updated: October 6th, 2025North East Cell of the Commission takes special steps for the economic, social, cultural and political empowerment of women in the North Eastern Region. NER Cell has been created to enhance the focus on the women of North East Region and their special problems / challenges, and also to intervene with […]

Last updated: October 6th, 2025NCW has been conducting Women Empowerment centric programs since its inception, however, a dedicated cell for the purpose was setup in 2019. Women Welfare & Capacity Building Cell (WW&CBC) of NCW works on the needs of women-centric interventions to address the most pressing challenges affecting empowering of women at economic, social, […]