Women groups in New Delhi, India presented the recommendations to the Planning Commission, keeping gender equality and gender justice as the central goal of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.
The recommendations have been prepared in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, UNIFEM and the United Nations Development Programme.
It also recommended the strengthening of panchayats and local bodies in terms of power, funds and technology support with conditions to address clean water, sanitation and energy needs of women, the presentation also suggested generation of sex desegregation data at all levels and the mandate for gender budgeting be given to all departments at the Centre and State.
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