Mokokchung, 6 February (MTNews): As Rahul Gandhi embarks on the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, engaging with diverse communities, the All India Mahila Congress has amplified its advocacy for women’s rights, articulating key demands under the banner of ‘Nari Nyay’. This was stated in a press release from Akumla Pongen, President of Nagaland Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee.
In a bid to address pressing issues affecting women across India, the All India Mahila Congress has laid out a set of demands, spanning economic, social, and political empowerment.
Under the category of Economic Empowerment, the Mahila Congress underscored the consistent price rise and the failure of the government to regulate the prices of essential commodities such as LPG gas, edible oils, food grains, groceries, milk etc. is severely affecting the nutrition of the entire family.
It called for the need for those commodities’ prices to be regulated and controlled on an emergency basis, providing substantial subsidies on the same.
They also advocated for equal pay for equal work, aiming to bridge the gender pay gap documented in the World Inequality Report 2022.
Moving to Social Empowerment, the focus shifts to healthcare, education, and sanitation. It claimed that most primary health centers in villages that were set up during Congress rule are now either non-functional or operating without any medical staff.
“The basic healthcare infrastructure for women is completely lacking with almost 57% women aged 15 to 49 years in India suffering from anemia. Also lack of delivery centers in villages