Dear
friends of AHM NGO,
Now a day’s
lot of inhuman activities against women is going in India. It is quite shame to
all Indian citizens. As a NGO we strongly recommend to Indian Government to
pass women safety bills both in home, office and public places.
We at Action of Human Movement (AHM) NGO
are deeply aggrieved by the death of Amanat/Damini/Nirbhaya who fought for her
life valiantly against all odds. We stand in solidarity with her family, mourn
this loss of life and condemn this barbaric crime in the strongest term. We
stand firmly against all kinds of violence against women - domestic, public
and institutional. We also mourn the death of Constable Tomar Singh. Civil
society and the government have to work in earnest to make the home and public
places safer for all women. It is high time we recognize the gender biases in
our society and institutions and work towards sensitizing ourselves and
improving our institutions. We want to underscore that complaints of sexual
abuse regardless of caste, class and background must be taken very seriously
and acted upon immediately.
Institutions
like the National Commission for Women have to play a much more proactive role
with representation from a wide variety of civil society groups that also
represent adivasi and dalit women. We cannot forget Soni Sori, who is still in
prison and whose custodial sexual torture was proven by a government medical
institutions and a case has been lodged with the Supreme Court but the only
outcome for the past one year has been an ever shifting date of hearing. We
also remember the brutalization of the dalit women in Khairlanji (2006) and
that of Manorama Devi in Manipur (2004). There should be no impunity to sexual
violence for anyone including law-enforcement agencies, security forces and
politicians. The violent reaction of the government towards democratic peaceful
protest is becoming the rule rather than the exception. The right to protest is
the cornerstone of democracy and that needs to be respected by all. We condemn
the disproportionate use of force against the peaceful protesters.
We demand the following:
We demand the following:
ü Increase
patrolling in areas that are unsafe for women, establish round the clock
helpline and maintain a list of habitual sex offenders in each police station.
ü Establish women’s' crisis centers accessible by citizens in cities and
villages with counseling, medical and advocacy services for the complainant.
ü Institute
an efficient system of lodging FIRs through special courts all over India in
cities, towns and villages that is accessible to the poorest woman because
police stations are not conducive to a woman in trauma. Fast track courts where
justice should be delivered within 100 days of filing FIR. Courts should have
jurisdiction over everyone, including security forces.
ü Implementation of guidelines following Supreme
Court's Visakha judgementof Aug 1997 to prevent sexual harassment at workplace.
More judges be appointed for lower level courts. Right now there are 10.5
judges for 1 million Indians, with many vacant positions.
ü Womens' groups in India, including those of
adivasi and dalit women must be consulted in drafting laws upholding women's
rights at home and in public.
ü Compulsory
gender-sensitization training should be imparted to all government and private
sector employees including politicians, the executive and the judiciary. It
should also be made an integral part of the school cirriculum. The training
should be developed in consultation with womens' groups working with adivasi
and dalit women.
ü Due to its impact on physical and mental
health and a high degree of mortality, rape is also a public health issue. The
public health workforce (Asha & Anganwadi workers) needs to be trained in
sensitizing at the family and community level in destigmatizing rape-survivors,
in understanding lega
ü Fix
Electronic CCTV camera unsafe
places for women
ü Give
awareness education to all school level, college level about gender equity.
