Kanchanpur : Deputy Speaker of Sudurpaschm State Assembly, Nirmala Badal Joshi said illiteracy was the main cause behind spiral of violence against women.
She made the remark at an interaction organized by National Haliya Liberation Society Kanchanpur in course of 16-day activism against gender-based violence at Bhimduttanagar on Tuesday.
‘Generation of Equality: Solidarity for Efforts against Rape’ has been set the main slogan of the campaign against violence.
Gender-based violence would be reduced only when an educated society was built, she added. “The freed Haliyas (previous bonded labourers) and Dalit communities which have come across several social oppressions are still not coming out from painful life”, the deputy speaker said.
“Women should not bear violence”, she said, calling for them to protest violence reaching to the judicial mechanism.
She suggested violence survivor women to go for legal recourse as the cases of domestic violence are most likely to end up in mediation when addressed at local level.
Freed Haliya leader and former parliamentarian Hari Shreepali said discriminations against freed bonded labourers are still prevalent in society.
Chairperson of National Haliya Liberation Society Kanchanpur, Shivi Luhar called for efforts to rehabilitate freed Haliyas in society. —
