NADIA DISTRICT MEETING
A core component of our program is engaging with people and working in collaboration with
different stakeholders, including grassroots organizations, academics, policy-makers, the judiciary,
students and activists. This is a district meeting on S.C & S.T Act and women's justice as well as
senior citizen Act.
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is a legislation, initiated by
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India to provide more effective
provision for maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens. It makes it a legal obligation
for children and heirs to provide maintenance to senior citizens and parents, by monthly allowance.
It also provides simple, speedy and inexpensive mechanism for the protection of life and property of
the older persons. After being passed by the Parliament of India, it received President's assent on
December 29, 2007.
Reports of the violation of women’s fundamental rights through physical, mental, emotional, and
sexual violence against women are commonplace in India. Violence against women has taken
particularly acute forms in circumstances where populations are already marginalized, such as in
areas affected by armed conflict, and areas undergoing mass displacement. SC & ST Act 1989 is also
discus in this program Dr.B.R.Ahmedkar, the father of Indian constitution fight in his whole life
against castism His life time experience predominate in the Indian constitution . But still now that
S.C. and S.T are mentioning as lower class in our country unfortunately.
SLIC has been closely associated with the women’s movement for over two decades. The Women’s
Justice Initiative (WJI) is its national network of lawyers and social activists, that uses the law to
oppose all forms of gender-based discrimination and violence against women and to increase
women’s access to the justice system as a vital means to their empowerment.
The meeting was organized on 8th August, 2021 from 11 AM to 3 PM at Kulgachi Bazar, P S-Bhimpur,
Nadia