Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 19: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Women’s Wing president Shameema Firdous has said that the women of Jammu and Kashmir carry the heaviest burden of the lingering undemocratic rule.
Addressing one-day women’s convention at party office in Jammu today, Shameema said, “Post 2015 situation has been marked by widening gender disparity in the region. Rising unemployment, development deficit and deepening uncertainty has affected everyone in the region but women are the worst sufferers of them. Prevailing political or social issues have had a devastating effect on the dignity and lives of women,” she said, adding, “We in NC deem it incumbent on our part to reduce these inequalities by providing administrative comfort and cushion to our mothers and sisters.”
“It was Late Sheikh Abdullah who brought women of Jammu and Kashmir into the political discourse. In the later decades also, whenever NC was in power, it left no stone unturned to transform its vision of empowering women into reality,” she said.
“As contemporary women of J&K are suffering from more predictable issues as a result of conflict, household violence, dowry, destitution, poverty and unemployment there has been no headway towards bolstering the socio, economic and political prospects of women. The successive governments since 2015 claimed much as an act of tokenism but on ground nothing was done to mitigate the suffering of women,” she added.
The convention was organized by Satwant Dogra, Provincial president JKNC Jammu. Ajay Sadhotra former Minister, Rattan Lal Gupta- Provincial president Jammu and former Minister Ram Paul also attended the convention.
Prominent among those present included- Bimla Luthra Ex-MLA, Dr Shamshad Shan DDC Chairperson Ramban, Shamim Begum DDC Dansal, Rajni Devi BDC Chairperson and District president Samba Women Wing, Vijay Lakshmi Datta, Rita Gupta, Dilshad Malik, Rashida Begum, Pinky Khalsa district president Jammu Urban Women wing, Daljeet Sharma, District president Jammu Rural B, Kousar Parveen District president Kathua, Anju Bhagat District president Reasi, VD Sharista District president Udhampur, Mehmooda Lone District president Rajouri Urban and others.
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