Dimapur, January 25 (MExN): The Naga Mothers Association (NMA) has in the strongest term condemned the abduction and “inhuman torture” of a woman by four persons including a woman on January 17 in Kohima. NMA in a press release said such “inhuman treatment and the nature of crime committed to a woman is shameful and beyond human comprehension which cannot be accepted in a civilized society. No amount of excuses can justify under the law to commit such crime.” Expressing pain at the recurrence of rape incidents, NMA also condemned the January 12 incident, wherein a teenage girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at the State Stadium, Dimapur. “Such savage act has no place in society. As mothers, it saddens our heart to see such devilish acts taking place in our own place. Just a word of condemnation is not serving any purpose, and we appeal not to use women as objects”, NMA said. The association demanded strong punitive action against the culprits in consonance with the law.
‘Violence against
women severe now’
Kolkata, January 25 (IANS): The world is facing “great crisis” because of “severe” violence against women, said American feminist and social activist Gloria Steinem. Speaking at the inaugural session of Kolkata Literary Meet (Kalam) here Saturday, she said violence against women is an indicative factor of a country’s tendencies towards damaging actions. “We are in a time of great crisis because violence against women is so severe... whether it’s the preference for a son or domestic violence...it’s so severe all over the world,” she said. “The biggest element that determines whether a country is violent inside itself or towards other nations is violence against women, not poverty or religion or other factors.” Steinem also contended that women “are no longer marginalised...we are no longer half of the human race”.
