Our Correspondent | EMN KOHIMA, DEC 14: The general perception about Naga women enjoying equal status with men and being much better off than the women in the rest of the country seems to be a misleading notion as the reality of the status of women in the State remains grim with Naga Women having…
The Shillong Times: 29 November 2011 SHILLONG: A Support Centre with a three-prong approach— health care, counseling and vocational training focusing on women who are victims of various crimes was inaugurated by the Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Health and Family Welfare, Rowell Lyngdoh at Shillong Civil Hospital here on Monday. This centre which…
North East Network (NEN) has been training the Meghalaya Police to deal with cases of violence against women in a sensitive way. On 19 & 20 September 2011, a batch of 97 recruited constables of the Un-Armed Branch were trained by Inspectors and Sub-inspectors of Meghalaya Police who in turn have been previously trained by…
GUWAHATI: The Assam Police will join hands with the State Women Commission and NGOs to fight the menace of witch-hunting which has claimed six lives in Kokrajhar district last month. “We are interested to work with the women commission and NGOs to fight the menace. Police already has a network across the state. This network…
Guwahati, May 7: Assam Police have decided to work with the Assam State Commission for Women to revive its Project Prahari (vigilant), which involves community policing to do away with menace such as witch-hunting. Director-general of police Shankar Barua, while speaking at a meeting on witch-hunting today, said merely enforcing law would not stop witch-hunting.…
Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, April 24 – Expressing anguish and concern over the spate of killing of women under the pretext of witch-hunting in Kokrajhar district, twenty-nine organizations and distinguished citizens have urged the State Government to recognize witch-hunting as an issue of grave public concern and prosecute and punish those involved in the gruesome practice.…
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GUWAHATI, Dec 30 – North East Network (NEN) and WIN-G has strongly condemned the cruel and ‘organized’ mob assault on a young Mizo woman on the night of December 27, 2010. In a statement, the NEN said that this incident reflects the worsening environment of intolerance amongst human beings in a so called civilized society.…
GUWAHATI, Oct 26 – Sensitive dowry prohibition officers must be activated by the government and all related laws effectively implemented to counter increasing dowry deaths in Assam. There must be adequate resources in support services and budgetary allocations to assist victims and their families to fight cases of this nature. This demand has been made…
Our Correspondent | EMN KOHIMA, OCT 13: The two-day Consultation on ‘Securing Women’s rights: Challenges and Strategies’ concludedtoday putting forward recommendations to the State Government for Human Rights & Gender sensitisation of institutions, actors, judicial system, parallel courts, community leaders and the church.It has also called for creation of free legal aid cells for women…