Digital Shakti program

  • November 16, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Digital Shakti program

Subject: Environment

Context:

  • The National Commission for Women launched the 4th phase of the Digital Shakti Program.

What is Digital Shakti Program:

  • It is a pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women and girls in cyberspace and focuses on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand up against any illegal/inappropriate activity online.
  • It is run in collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation and Meta.
  • The first phase of the program was launched in 2018.

What is the National Commission for Women:

  • The National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 to:
    • Review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women
    • Recommend remedial legislative measures
    • Facilitate redressal of grievances
    • Advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
  • The commission consists of a chairperson, a member secretary and five other members.
  • The chairperson of the NCW is nominated by the Central Government.
  • The first commission was constituted on 31st January 1992 as Jayanti Patnaik as the chairperson.
  • Alok Rawat IAS is the first male member of the National Commission for Women.
Digital Shakti program Environment