Morung Express News
DIMAPUR | SEPTEMBER 8
Against the backdrop of the increasing cases of women and child trafficking in Northeast Region and the recent rape and murder of a thirty-year-old Naga woman in Wokha district, the Nagaland State Women Commission (NSWC) has urged upon women leaders and Naga women folk in particular to be alert and to fight for their rights, which are both “Scriptural and constitutional.”
“Whether you are from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur or Nagaland, know your rights and privileges. Keep yourself in good relationship with government agencies such as administrators, police, legal personnel, doctors and NGOs to avail their services when in need,” said chairperson of Nagaland State Women Commission, Sano Vamuzo at the inaugural of the community development facilitators’ convention organised by Agency for Integral Development Agency (AIDA) at Don Bosco premise, Dimapur on Tuesday.
Dwelling on the inequities meted out to women in a “man’s world,” the NSWC chairperson said women continue to suffer silently at the hands of men who oppress, suppress, ridicule and ill treat them. Sano said this was also true in the context of Naga society despite Naga Christians being fully aware of what God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone,” (Genesis 2:18) and that the unity and diversity of the Holy Trinity out of which man was created demanded an “image bearer that reflected this equal-but different characteristics. Equality thus allowed the distinctiveness of the man and woman to be so perfectly complementary, that it blended into the mysterious oneness that gloriously reflected the oneness of the Trinity.”
Addressing the AIDA delegates of the four NE States (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland), she said that they are also stakeholders engaged in various activities for uplift of the poor, ignorant, underprivileged, marginalised, in short, the weaker and neglected and weaker sections of the society. “And it is the women who constitute 50% of this group of society,” she said. Sano also said that the Northeast people share many common problems such as insurgency causing uncertainty and fear every day, disparity between haves and have-nots, the privileged and unprivileged, between men and women and backwardness due to various factors.
She urged upon the delegates to make best use of what they learn from the conference and to spread the knowledge and skills they learnt when they go back home. Commandant, 173 Battalion CRPF, Balaram Shil, who was the guest of honour in today’s function acknowledged the social services of AIDA, especially in the field of self-employment, and assured to render all possible help in near future. Earlier, the programme marked by cultural presentation from Arunachal, Manipur and Nagaland troupes, commenced with welcome address and introduction by executive director AIDA, Fr. Bimal Lakra.
