“To ensure that the relevance and significance of Gender Equity and Equality is accepted and incorporated in the overall development process and plans”
PHILOSOPHY
The guiding philosophy of the centre, which is an initiative under the draft Gender Equity Policy (Nari Gaurav Niti) (2004) of the State, is that women and men have equal rights and opportunities to contribute to the well being of a society. The approach is to promote gender equity and equality by putting gender concerns in the mainstream of the state’s overall development plan.
Guiding Principles
Equal rights and inherent human dignity and fundamental freedom of women and men based on Constitution of India
The UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
The Beijing Platform for Acti
The Declaration on the right to Development
The Nari Gaurav Niti- Gender Equity Policy of the State focusing on equal status, opportunities and access to resources for building up of an egalitarian society
