Appeal to postpone Public Hearing on Draft on Gender Policy
14th January 2021
Appeal to postpone the Public Hearing on the Draft on Gender Policy and Budgeting which is scheduled on the 16th of January, 2020 to be organized by the Manipur State Commission for Women.
Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) sincerely appreciate the Manipur State Commission for Women for developing a Gender Policy and Budgeting which was submitted to the Government of Manipur in September, 2020.
We also appreciate that the Hon’ble Commission has called for Suggestion/ Objections and Views and Opinions from the NGOs, CSOs, Individuals and Intellectuals working in the field of Gender on the Public hearing on the Draft on Gender Policy and Budgeting which is scheduled on the 16th of January, 2021 at Institutue of Cooperative Management Conference hall at 11:00 am.
It was informed through a notice published by Sangai Express dated 11th of January, 2021 that the draft policy will be available at the website of the Hon’ble Commission, however, the website remained down until today as a result the duration provided to the CSOs and NGOs for analyzing the Draft Policy was very short. Besides representatives of the YFPHR visited the office of the Hon’ble Commission, we were not provided a copy of the said Draft Policy.
We, therefore, request the Hon’ble Commission to kindly extend the said hearing scheduled on the 16th of January, 2020 and provide a minimum of 10 days for analyzing the said Draft Policy to make a comprehensive and effective Policy for the state of Manipur.
(Kh. Phajaton)
Youth’s Forum For Protection Of Human Rights
Palace Compound West,
Imphal East – 795001