Women’s commission

In ancient India, women enjoyed equal and respectable status in the world as men. Modern India has also seen many enormous women leaders like Smt. Sarojini Naidu, Smt. Vijaylakshmi Pandit, Smt.Capt.Laxmi, Smt. Indira Gandhi, etc. In spite of this, it has been seen that a greater part of Indian women are still wounded of annoyance and spite both in their homes as well as at their workplaces.



The imbalanced status meted out to Indian women in approximately every potential sphere of life has encouraged several women activist and intended organization have large integer of member for the period of 1980s to make relentless difficulty for surroundings up a Commission for the specific purpose of facilitate the redressal of grievances of women. A step forward of a country is deficient when inequity persists with suggestion to partially of its population. Having realized the significance of the matter because of the women’s organization outer surface and women assembly members inside the assembly, the Government of India strong-willed to set up a Commission for women, to be called the National Commission for Women. Thus, the national Commission for Women Bill 1990 was passed by both the Houses of Parliament and it established the assent of the leader of India on 30th August, 1990.

A Bill matching to National Commission for Women was draft out in the State of Kerala as the Kerala Women's Commission Bill,1990 and sent for the approval of the President of India in 1990. The draft Bill was frame under the supervision of the then Minister for Social Welfare Smt. K. R. Gouri Amma with officially authorized aid from Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer and Justice Subramanian Potti and suggestion of woman’s organizations. But regrettably the bill was waiting for five years from 1990 to 1995 to get the assent of the President.

The Kerala Women's Commission Act was lastly passed with the consent of the President on 15-9-1995. The primary Commission, formed during the residence of Shri. A. K. Antony as Chief Minister came into force on 14-3-1996. The Commission was headed by Smt. Sugatha Kumari, the well-known poetess and social worker. The Commission also constitute of 3 other Members and 2 ex-officio members who are renowned dignitaries of the society. In 1997 the newly constituted commission was reconstituted as per the act and in progress function after the inaugural ceremony by Smt.Suseela Gopalan, ex- Minister of Social Welfare.