Why is it in News?
→ National Commission for Women launched a new fellowship focused on women-centric policy research.
→ Aims to support young researchers working on gender-related issues.
Important Points
- Launched by National Commission for Women
- Six-month research fellowship programme
- Focus on women-centric policy issues
- Research areas include women’s safety and dignity
- Covers gender-based violence and legal rights
- Includes cyber safety and POSH framework implementation
- Open to Indian citizens aged 21–30 years
- Minimum qualification is graduation
- Research grant of ₹1 lakh provided
- Preference for Masters, M.Phil., or PhD scholars