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(Jan 29, 2008)
Putting forward the issues concerned with the women in our country, women's organization Women Power Connect, has several demands from the upcoming budget 2008-09. Being an association of around 600 women's groups, WPC seeks the attention of union budget 2008-09 to be brought forward on different issues concerning the welfare of women.
The organization's main demands revolves around on the following issues :
- Female child education
- Enforcement of Domestic Violence Act
- Enforcement of Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act
The women's groups were quite satisfied with the last years' budget 2007-08 that included several reformation plans for women. Now, this year, the organization anticipates a bit more hopes from the Finance Minister and is emphasizing on more planned and better sharing of public resources through gender budgeting. In spite of the gender cells being framed in most of the departments and Ministries of the Union Government last year, the estimated plans could not be brought into action because of the sex-segregated data that made it unmanageable to implement the planned programmes for women.
WPC desires for a better functioning of these cells through the grant of separate funds for training and capacity building of officers concerned with the budgeting in these ministries. WPC advised that there should be a sectoral analysis of budgetary allocation and its effect on women along with the establishment of in-built system that can help analyzing the budgetary policies and schemes with the help of gender lens in relation of budget estimates, revised estimates and actual outlays in case when audited figures becomes available.
Along with this, the association also stressed on unique listing of women specific items, and more fair operating of women's related programmes. The organization also expressed the necessity for the proper consolidation of schemes along with the granting of Rs.10 lakh to bring into action the planned programmes. It also emphasized on enhancing the prospects and scope for women.
