Digital Shakti program

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.