Many villages, despite dearth of basic amenities, have ultrasound machines to check the child’s gender before birth, it said. Dedicating a two-day long session for oppressed women, St Joseph’s College of Commerce, SICHREM and Stree Jagruthi Samiti (SJS) organised a session on ‘Women against violence: A way forward’.
Karnataka high court justice Nagmohan Das said, “Unfortunately, in India, all the laws and rules are laid by men and are set in a way to benefit men and not women.” Geetha Menon, secretary of Stree Jagruthi Samithi said, “Harassment need not just be sexual. Even gender discrimination, unequal power equation, etc, fall under the harassment category. Women from backward communities have continuously been oppressed. Such incidents will continue to happen unless they come out and fight. Men shouldsupport us in this cause.”
Victims of sexual harassments, domestic violence, and acid attacks shared their experiences. A book on Women’s Commission was also released at the event.