Our Correspondent
Kohima | August 2
Women in Nagaland from the different organizations and backgrounds sought immediate attention of the Governor Shyamal Datta on the urgent need to set up the Nagaland State Commission for Women in the State.
In a representation addressed to the Governor, it regretted that till date, the state government has not set up “this mandatory body for the protection of women in the state.”
“There has been an alarming rise in violence and crimes against women and children in the state, which more often goes unreported and policies and guidelines for protection of women’s right have been ignored and violated,” the representation lamented.
A state commission for women will safeguard and improve the condition of women in the state, take up case of violation of women’s rights and achieve the objective of equality and development, it said and further looked forward to the Commission to guide and help the state government to recommend and implement empowerment policies for women in Nagaland.
Expressing gratitude to the Governor for deep concern in empowerment of women in Nagaland, it urged that the state government set up Nagaland State Commission for Women without any further delay and that the Nagaland State Commission for Women Act, which has already been drafted, be tabled as agenda and passed in the forthcoming assembly session on 22 August for welfare of women in the state.
It also requested that the long pending state policy for women be adopted in the assembly session and implemented by the state government at the earliest.
The representation was signed among others by Rosemary Dzuvichu, expert member, National Commission for Women and director, Indigenous Women Resource Centre, Khesheli Chishi, president Naga Mother’s Association, Neidonuo Angami, former president NMA, Rano Shaiza,. Former MP, Atsole Wazah, president, Nagaland Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee, Kakheli Jakhalu, president Sumi Totimi Hoho, Kohima.
Morung Express News
