{"id":46,"date":"2018-07-04T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T08:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?p=46"},"modified":"2021-08-05T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T06:41:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwrd.nagaland.gov.in\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of\u00a0 Women Development was created by redeploying\u00a0 few officers and staff from the erstwhile Social\u00a0 Security &\u00a0 Welfare\u00a0 Dept. during\u00a0 2003-04\u00a0 with the vision\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government\u00a0 of Nagaland\u00a0 to create\u00a0 an agency\u00a0 exclusively to\u00a0 address the particular\u00a0 needs of the Women in Nagaland on matters that are perceived\u00a0 as more native and local.<\/p>\n

During 2014-15, the Department was renamed as Women Resource Development with the mandate to “strive towards economic empowerment of women of Nagaland. Take up any activity under any sector that would develop their resources and lead to the enhancement of livelihood options and provide new opportunities to bring in additional income”. In order to achieve this mandate, following activities\/ programmes for women are being taken up.<\/p>\n