T.N. widows and single women association urges government to set up different department for them

The Widows and Destitute Women Welfare Association - Tamil Nadu has urged the State authorities to acceptable up a abstracted section nether the Social Welfare and Women Empowerment section to oversee their affairs.

Putting distant 10 demands up of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the conjugation of implicit 25 associations besides urged the authorities to walk a Tamil Nadu Widows and Single Women (Equality and Non-Discrimination) Act to forestall favoritism against women connected religious, cultural, governmental and economical grounds.

Further they person besides demanded that a Tamil Nadu State Widows and Single Women Policy beryllium formulated for their social, economical and governmental empowerment.

Among their demands, they besides requested that assistance for widows beryllium accrued to ₹5,000, and an allocation of 10% beryllium made for azygous women and widows nether lodging schemes. At slightest 5% of authorities employment indispensable beryllium reserved for widows and azygous women which indispensable beryllium connected a par to their acquisition qualifications.

In an effort to guarantee acquisition for children they demanded that a State Widow and Single Women Welfare Insurance Scheme beryllium acceptable up wherever their children’s payment and acquisition done scholarships is ensured.

“Representation of widows and azygous women indispensable beryllium ensured done assignment oregon preservation successful statutory bodies specified arsenic panchayat, municipality panchayat, municipal and Corporation administrative committees. Further to promote remarriage of women, an assistance of ₹3 lakh should beryllium provided.” said a property release.