A consultation workshop on issues affecting women with disabilities was held at Bhubaneswar on Friday.
Organsied jointly by the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the main aim of the consultation was to develop inputs for the Odisha State Policy for the Girl Child and Women which now under the process of formulation. The workshop was inaugurated here by State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Kasturi Mohapatra. Women and Child Development Commissioner Arti Ahuja among many others participated in the consultation and shared their views with the participants. They all emphasised on a policy for women with disabilities.
Around 50 people, including differently-abled young men and women, participated in the consultation and gave their inputs towards formulation of Women’s Policy.