AIZAWL, Dec 12 – “Violence against the fair sex is a shameful act no matter how advanced we may be,” said Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla here on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister was speaking at a ‘Fortnightly Campaign on Violence Against Women cum North East Regional Level Consultation on Gender Violence’ organised jointly by Association of Theologically Trained Women of India, Panchayat Mahila Shakti Abhiyan Core Committee and Centre for Peace and Development.
Lal Thanhawla rued that though the people in our country have gained vast knowledge in all fronts but we have miserably failed to preventviolence against women especially in the mainstream India where numerous cases have been registered.
“Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan had rightly called that among violence in human beings, violence against women is extremely a shameful act. Even Amnesty International also protests and condems violence against women,” said Lal Thanhawla.
Urging journalists to be careful while reporting such cases, the Chief Minister asked them not to cross ethics of journalism. He claimed that incidents ofviolence on women is much less in Mizoram as compared to other States. This is because Mizos share one language, one religion and above that caste and dowry problems are absent.
A participant at the programme lamented that there are laws to prevent violence against women, there are police pertsonnel to keep a check on these events and there are seminars and symposiums to analyse the matter and make recommendations. However, on ground level nothing seems to be working.
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