ENWO workshop series underway
Longleng, June 28 (MExN): The Eastern Nagaland Women Organization (ENWO) conducted one day workshop at Tuensang, Noklak and Shamatore from June 21 to 24 under the theme ‘Together we build for change.’
There were two sessions separately for men and women. At Tuensang, Alemjungshi Ao, Dy. Commissioner, Tuensang and Col. Deepak Dayal, commandant, 40 Assam Rifles exhorted the gathering to maintain peace and harmony among the communities in the district. They asked the women folk to shoulder equal responsibility with men.
At Noklak, Mhathung Tsanglao, ADC, Noklak encouraged women to be meaningful architects of society and to be self reliant and independent and to make maximum use of different Government schemes for upliftment of women.
At Shamatore, in the women’s session Wonchio Odyou talked about the upliftment of women and the importance of women's education in our society. Col. Vineet Jaiswal of 15 Assam Rifles exhorted the men folk and spoke of the importance of the political participation of women the in decision making thereby creating equality in a the society. He pointed out the problems leading to the downfall of women empowerment, one of which he mainly attributed to domestic violence.
The facilitators for the workshop were Birila Tokiu, President, ENWO and Temsula Thingchum, Member, JACWR spoke on the topic ‘Together we build for change’ and ‘Women- Architects of society’ respectively. Birila Tokiu encouraged the men folk, especially the Eastern Nagas who have been affected these past few months due to inter tribal clashes that it was important to have a paradigm shift and to shun violence that create conflicts which hamper the growth of communities in all aspects but instead to work together in unity to bring about transformational changes in the area. Temsula Thingchum spoke on the theme "Women-Architects of society", she stressed that women has a bigger role in shaping the society and that women are the harbingers of peace. She encouraged the women to shoulder the responsibility which God has given a woman to be responsible mothers and wives thereby nurturing our husbands and children in the right path and in righteousness.
ENWO general secretary Sojila Chang in a press release informed that the workshops started at Longleng on June 1 and will end at Mon town in July.
