District Committee on the Status of Women

District Committee on the Status of Women

Commission in consultation with Government, shall by notification in the official Gazette, constitute in each district, a District Committee on the status of women.
A District Committee shall consist of a Chairperson, who shall be a person committed to the cause of women and shall consist of nine (09) members in the following manner:
• Chairperson of the District Committee on the Status of Women. 
• Two members of the Tehsil Councilors, who shall be recommended by the Commission.
• District Officers of the Social Welfare and District Planning and Finance Officer of District Administration shall be the ex-officio members of a District Committee.
• Four (04) members from civil society organizations to be nominated by the Commission.
Majority of the members shall be women.
The Chairperson and the members shall be appointed by Government on the recommendation of the Commission.